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[@vissitorsteve]

Playboy of the Western World is close to the funniest play, unless I misunderstand it, I have ever read...As a student at the University of California, Berkeley, many decades ago, I had the extraordinary privilege having Seamus Heaney as an instructor. We remained friends, exchanging post cards, until his death. I was studying Irish Literature and History, being completely ignorant of it all at the time, to me the most important author I was ever introduced to was Flann O'Brien and his works, At Swim Two Birds, The Third Policeman et al. Love your channel and your insights!

[@chathanvemuri2625]

I know you're not super interested in Joyce but I really think you should give Ulysses a chance. Yes its a super difficult book that rewards patience but I think the payoff is well worth it. I was fortunate to read it in university with a really engaging professor. I would recommend doing what I did and reading it with a guide (Patrick Hastings' guide is good but there are others too). I swear once you get past the first three chapters, the book keeps your attention.
If you ever do choose to read Ulysses, you won't regret it.

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

Thank you very very much for giving me some amazing books 📚 to read for me that are Irish ☘️ love you and your amazing channel prayers and thoughts for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

I’m listening to Ulysses on audio. I’ve started
The Dinner Party
The FireStarters
on kindle. I’ve got tonnes of Irish authors/ books and I doubt I’ll get to them all.

[@wordsofclover]

Always so funny that the two of us are like ugh James Joyce XD I also love The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula is one of my faves. I need to really read a lot more Irish classics though so this list is great!

[@debyik]

Thanks for the recommendations! There are some great books here and I was surprised at how many I have already read.

[@GemofBooks]

Great list!
Dracula is one of my favourite classics, I need to try Camilla!

[@LiteraryGladiators]

I think you covered a lot of ground when it comes to Irish writers, but I will say that Seamus Heaney is a modern classic poet that I find to be extraordinary. He is known most for his translation of Beowulf into modern English, but his poetry is very atmospheric and I feel a great connection to nature or simply feel absorbed into what he is writing as I am reading his work. I, too, really enjoy Oscar Wilde and would like to read more by him. The Picture of Dorian Gray was especially very easy to read, enjoy, and think about. I especially admire The Importance of Being Earnest, which I read for British Literature II, Irish Literature, and for a discussion on our channel. I enjoyed every experience, but the more I read this play, the more I enjoy it. I would like to read more of his plays, but I am especially curious to see how he approached children's literature. On the topic of British and Irish literature, some of these writers you would not know were Irish, such as Bram Stoker and Jonathan Swift. I have read Dracula and excerpts of Gulliver's Travels for high school. I would like to read more by James Joyce, but his writing does take a lot of patience. I have read and written about W.B. Yeats and we discussed his poem The Peacock, but he is perhaps the pioneering writer that gave Ireland its voice. Waiting for Godot is extraordinary and it is especially interesting to think about, because while it seems meaningless, the play provides a lot of food for thought about the world around us and in the interactions between the two subjects and what they are thinking and displaying. I was slammed for holding a discussion about Act Without Words II, but it was very interesting in my mind. I was also interested in Krapp's Last Tape and the reality that not only comes with recalling ones life, but also how one goes about recalling their life. It is an unfortunate thing that when it comes to recalling past works, especially during a select period of time, it is difficult to find many female writers and you do not want to recommend someone that does not resonate with you, but would do so just because they are a female that fits in this category. I was fortunate to come across a poetry collection of ancient female writers, but many of them are fragmented. Sappho has the most that remains. The Country Girls does look like something that is worth looking into, though. Thank you for sharing! -Josh

[@breaddboy]

Walter Macken never gets enough love. Probably up there with Wilde and de baroíd for me.
'Seek the fair land' is a heartbreaking book about a father and his two children fleeing their home during the invasion of Cromwell. It's #1 of a trilogy 2. The silent people is about the great hunger but looks more at the society 3. The scorching wind is about the revolution.
All are great but 'seek the fair land' is just phenomenal.

[@HamsavahiniVajraasthra]

Hi Leanne! Great bunch of recommendations👍I've read Carmilla and Dracula by Bram Stoker & am yet to read James Joyce .Happy Reading! 😁📚

[@东倪]

I am a reader from China who likes Irish literature, such as Joyce, Yeats, Wilde, etc. I am going to study in Dublin in September. Are there any book friends to exchange literature, poetry and philosophy with?

[@rachelbosworth2438]

I'm hoping to get to The Picture of Dorian Gray this month. It'll be my first adult book of Oscar Wilde as I've only read a selection of children's stories by him before and that was just last Yr

[@AbiofPellinor]

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[@WhatVictoriaRead]

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[@Luis-qt8zr]

Why did you say you wouldn't read Ulysses?

[@t.k3025]

Would you mind not moving the books all over. I like to look at the covers, especially to catch the spelling of authors names.