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    The Importance
    of being Earnest
    		 Oscar Wilde
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    The Dark Lady
    of the Sonnets
    		 G.B.Shaw
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    Gullivers
    Travels
    		 Jonathan Swift
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    The Playboy
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    		 J.M.Synge
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    Dracula
    		 Bram Stoker
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    Specially selected for your reading pleasure and only taking about twenty minutes each to read are these wonderful short stories from Ireland that you can read on-line. Enjoy!

    Janey Mary
    by James Plunkett
    		This marvellous story of turn-of-the century poverty is brought to us by James Plunkett, the famed author of Strumpet City. CLICK HERE TO READ
    The Confirmation Suit
    by Brendan Behan
    		A story of a boys terror of having to wear a home-made confirmation suit and the trouble this causes. Penned by Brendan Behan, one of Dublins favourite sons and the author of classics such as Borstal Boy and The Hostage. CLICK HERE TO READ
    The First Confession
    by Frank O'Connor
    		Frank O'Connors famous story about the inner conflict felt by a young boy prior to making his First Confession. CLICK HERE TO READ
    The Reaping Race
    by Liam O'Flaherty
    		The author of The Informer and Famine delights us with this wonderfully told tale of the competitive spirit in a remote seaboard location. Three local reapers have entered the competition to complete the reaping of a field. Who will be the first to finish? CLICK HERE TO READ

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    Angelas Ashes
    This critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir of a terribly painful childhood is elevated above most any other stories of family problems by the sheer grace of the writing. Frank McCourt, who was born in Brooklyn but grew up in the slums of Limerick, Ireland, touchingly conveys the constant pains and occasional soaring joys of an impoverished childhood.     		by Frank McCourt:
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    Echoes
    From the author of Circle of Friends and The Glass Lake . Clare and David--divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry...brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class, no barriers, only the urgent hunger of two people destined to love--and ready to defy a world determined to keep them apart.     		by Maeve Binchy
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    The woman who walked into doors
    Roddy Doyle follows Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha , winner of the Booker Prize, and The Commitments with another remarkable book that readers will find funny, sexy, and sad. He takes an unflinching look at the life of Paula Spencer as she struggles to regain her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.     		by Roddy Doyle
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    Under the Hawthorn Tree
    		 by Marita Conlon-McKenna
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    The Country Girls
    		 by Edna O'Brien
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