Great Irish drinking stories
| Other Authors: | Haining, Peter, 1940- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Barnes & Noble,
2003, c2002.
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Table of Contents:
- The craic's the thing: tales of revelry. After the wake / Brendan Behan ; Irish revel / Edna O'Brien ; Gold at night / Peter Tremayne ; St. Patrick's Day in the morning / Robert J. Martin ; The hen party / Eamonn Sweeney ; Teresa'a wedding / William Trevor ; We are green! we are white! / Roddy Doyle
- In Finnegan's wake: pub stories. Grace / James Joyce ; Ding-dong / Samuel Beckett ; Peter McCabe's bargain / Patrick Kavanagh ; The heat of the sun / Sean O'Faolain ; The boils of Thomas Gully / Patrick McCabe ; An unusual request / Glenn Patterson ; The first singles bar / Malachy McCourt
- The drinks' interval: a round of dramas. Christy Mahon's story / J.M. Synge ; Tim Haffigan / Bernard Shaw ; The bull of Bashan / Sean O'Casey ; Thirst / Flann O'Brien ; The diviner / Brian Friel
- Holding the hour: drinker's tall stories. The geography of an Irish oath / William Carleton ; The keg of poteen / Lynn Doyle ; The drunkard / Frank O'Connor ; The Guinness goddess / Marian Keyes ; The rocky road to Dublin / Shane MacGowan ; Just visiting / Bernard Mac Laverty.