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The Problem with People. by Cottam, Chris,film director.; Meaney, Colm,actor.; Levy, Jane,actor.; McEvoy, Lucianne,actor.; Reiser, Paul,actor.; Quiver Distribution (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Colm Meaney, Jane Levy, Lucianne McEvoy, Paul ReiserOriginally produced by Quiver Distribution in 2024.NYC native Barry gets an invitation from a cousin he never knew to come to the smallest town in Ireland to settle a generations-long feud between the American and Irish sides of their families. A comedy of errors ensues, as does an unexpected love story, and perhaps a shot at healing the world.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Motion pictures--Ireland.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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We don't know ourselves : a personal history of modern Ireland / by O'Toole, Fintan,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A celebrated Irish writer's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Fintan O'Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government?in despair, because all the young people were leaving?opened the country to foreign investment and popular culture. So began a decades-long, ongoing experiment with Irish national identity. In We Don't Know Ourselves, O'Toole, one of the Anglophone world's most consummate stylists, weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary "backwater" to an almost totally open society-perhaps the most astonishing national transformation in modern history. Born to a working-class family in the Dublin suburbs, O'Toole served as an altar boy and attended a Christian Brothers school, much as his forebears did. He was enthralled by American Westerns suddenly appearing on Irish television, which were not that far from his own experience, given that Ireland's main export was beef and it was still not unknown for herds of cattle to clatter down Dublin's streets. Yet the Westerns were a sign of what was to come. O'Toole narrates the once unthinkable collapse of the all-powerful Catholic Church, brought down by scandal and by the activism of ordinary Irish, women in particular. He relates the horrific violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which led most Irish to reject violent nationalism. In O'Toole's telling, America became a lodestar, from John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit, when the soon-to-be martyred American president was welcomed as a native son, to the emergence of the Irish technology sector in the late 1990s, driven by American corporations, which set Ireland on the path toward particular disaster during the 2008 financial crisis. A remarkably compassionate yet exacting observer, O'Toole in coruscating prose captures the peculiar Irish habit of "deliberate unknowing," which allowed myths of national greatness to persist even as the foundations were crumbling. Forty years in the making, We Don't Know Ourselves is a landmark work, a memoir and a national history that ultimately reveals how the two modes are entwined for all of us"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-;
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The greatest beer run ever : a memoir of friendship, loyalty, and war / by Donohue, John(Union leader),author.; Molloy, J.T.(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248).Soon to be a major motion picture written and directed by Peter Farrelly, 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' is a wildly entertaining, feel-good memoir of an Irish-American New Yorker and former U.S. marine who embarked on a courageous, hare-brained scheme to deliver beer to his pals serving in Vietnam in the late 1960s.
Subjects: Donohue, John (Union leader); United States. Marine Corps; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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Spot's lucky day / by Hill, Eric,1927-2014.;
It's St. Patrick's Day, and Spot is having a party. Follow along as he dresses up as a leprechaun, eats Irish soda bread, and even finds treasure at the end of a rainbow. Perfect for little hands, this shaped board book is a delightful addition to board books that highlight interactive early-learning exercises and new experiences.LSC
Subjects: Spot (Fictitious character); Dogs; Saint Patrick's Day; Leprechauns;
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This child of mine / by Moriarty, Sinéad.;
Sophie is a happy 18-year-old living in London with Anna, her Irish mother. Anna has devoted her life to Sophie. Laura is a not-so-happy artist. She too has a daughter, Mandy. But Laura is haunted by the loss of her first child, Jody. Mandy lives in Jody's shadow. Both mothers carry secrets and cannot forget the day their paths crossed.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Mothers and daughters;
© 2013., Penguin Ireland,
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Hunger : a tale of courage / by Napoli, Donna Jo,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references.In the autumn of 1846 in Ireland, twelve-year-old Lorraine and her family struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine, but when Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daughter of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, they form an unlikely friendship that they must keep secret due to the deep cultural divide between their two families.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Famines; Survival; Friendship; Social classes; Families;
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Murder on Bedford Street / by Thompson, Victoria(Victoria E.),author.;
"Nobody could accuse Frank Malloy of being a snob. As a former Irish Catholic policeman, he was, in fact, the kind of person snobs usually looked down on. He might be a millionaire now, but lots of people still looked down on him because he'd always be Irish no matter how much money he had. This was why he felt a little guilty about feeling snobbish about the prospective client who had just been escorted into his office. Hugh Breedlove, according to his calling card, was not Irish or poor and would have been shocked to learn Frank had already developed a bad opinion of him. His tailor-made suit spoke of wealth, as did his bright gold watch chain and the large ruby ring on his hand. He was an imposing man with silver hair pomaded into place and a neatly trimmed beard. His expression ruined the effect, though. His frown spoke of contempt as he glanced around and saw nothing that apparently pleased him, including Frank himself. Breedlove stopped his critical perusal of Frank's modest office only when Frank's secretary, Maeve, announced him. From the twinkle in her eye, she knew Frank's opinion of Mr. Breedlove, who might well be the biggest snob Frank had met in his life so far, and he had met a few"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Brandt, Sarah (Fictitious character); Malloy, Frank (Fictitious character); Midwives; Murder; Private investigators;
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The City Changes Its Face : A Novel. by McBride, Eimear.;
'The City Changes Its Face' is an intense story of a passionate love affair arriving at its first test. They face a reckoning for all that's been left unspoken - emotions, secrets and ambitions. If they are to find one another again, what must be said aloud? A must read novel of 2025 in The Guardian, Financial Times, Irish Times, Sunday Times, and many others.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women;
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The Kitchen [videorecording] / by Berloff, Andrea,film director,screenwriter.; Bobb, Jeremy,actor.; Camp, Bill,actor.; Common(Musician),actor.; Dale, James Badge,actor.; Doyle, Ming,creator.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Haddish, Tiffany,1979-actor.; James, Brian D'Arcy,actor.; Martindale, Margo,1951-actor.; Masters, Ollie,creator.; McCarthy, Melissa,1969-actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1982-actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Elizabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Domhnall Gleeson, Tiffany Haddish, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Bobb, James Badge Dale, Common, Bill Camp, Brian D'arcy James.Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, language throughout and some sexual content.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Gangsters; Mafiosi; Housewives; Husband and wife; Women and the mafia; Female friendship;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A Kid from Marlboro Road [electronic resource] : by Burns, Edward.aut; Burns, Edward.nrt; cloudLibrary;
An Irish-American family comes to life through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy in this debut novel by actor-filmmaker Ed Burns. Immigrants and storytellers, lilting voices and Long Island moxy are all part of this colorful Irish-Catholic community in 1970s New York.A Kid from Marlboro Road opens at a wake, as our twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure to him. The overflowing crowd includes sandhogs in their muddy work boots, old Irish biddies in black dresses and cops in uniform, along with the family in mourning. There’s an open casket, the first time he’s seen a dead person. Later, at the bar across the street, he tells a story to the assembled crowd about the day his dad proposed to his mom, and how he almost got beat up by her brothers for it, and then how Pop made him propose twice. His mom calls him “Kneenie,” and with her husband and older son Tommy lost to her, he’s the best thing she’s got. He sees her struggling with depression and is worried his parents might get divorced, but doesn’t know how to help—since like his brother and father before him he knows he’ll also abandon her soon enough.Stories cascade between the prior generation’s colorful origins in the Bronx and the softer world of the of Gibson, the town on Long Island where the family lives now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont Race Track, and in Montauk. Out of individual struggles a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American story, raucous and joyous.Includes black and white photographs from the author's Irish-American New York family history.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Coming of Age; Cultural Heritage; Family Life;
© 2024., Recorded Books,
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