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  <title><![CDATA[An Irish Country Christmas (Irish Country Books)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not be coming home for the holidays. That unhappy prospect dampens his spirits somewhat, but Barry has little time to dwell on his romantic disappointments. Christmas may be drawing nigh, but there is little peace to be found on earth, especially for a young doctor plying his trade in the emerald hills and glens of rural Ireland.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Along with his senior partner, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O&amp;#8217;Reilly, Barry has his hands full dealing with seasonal coughs and colds, as well as the occasional medical emergency. To add to the doctors&amp;#8217; worries, competition arrives in the form of a patient-poaching new physician whose quackery threatens the health and well-being of the good people of Ballybucklebo. Can one territory support three hungry doctors? Barry has his doubts.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But the wintry days and nights are not without a few tidings of comfort and joy. Between their hectic medical practice, Rugby Club parties, and the kiddies&amp;#8217; Christmas Pageant, the two doctors still find time to play Santa Claus to a struggling single mother with a sick child and not enough money in the bank. Snow is rare in Ulster, and so are miracles, but that doesn&amp;#8217;t mean they never happen. . . . &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Patrick Taylor]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never before read anything by Patrick Taylor, but I am a sucker for all things Irish and anything Christmas so I took a chance…and I am very glad I did!<br/><br/>Two country doctors care for the people in the cozy little town of Ballybucklebo in Northern Ireland. Dr. O’Reilly is the sen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38328091">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes James Herriot or stories set in rural Ireland]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 18 13:04:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 22 09:57:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't commented on the first two books I read that are in the same 'series,' so I feel I should rectify that after finishing this one (after staying up late last night to do so).  When I was in high school, I read and loved James Herriot's books in the All Things Great and Small series, focusing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46777104">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 08:26:39 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a Christmas gift from a dear friend.  With a strained back, I spent a day or so reading this charming book set in the fictional Ballybucklebo, in Northern ireland, wondering if the young Doctor's girl friend would come back from London for Christmas.  If this sounds like chicklit to you, so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41221101">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my Thanksgiving weekend treat, and I really enjoyed this third installment. Seems like this series has grown stronger as it goes along. Nice to catch up on the Christmas doings in Ballybucklebo, to see the changes and growth in both doctors and their lives. Plus, one little boy's revenge fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37670148">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44294754">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[His third book sees him still in his first year in Northern Ireland.  Now it is Christmas, and Barry is still learning how the people live thier lives there.  He and Doctor Reilly make a positive impact on the town in the most amusing ways, more than medical.  I have never read a book which shows so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44294754">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63889027">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 13:23:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 12:42:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another book I picked up because of my reading challenge.  The category was &quot;Christmas in July&quot; and we were to read a book that takes place at Christmas time.  I really enjoyed the story - this was one of those books were not a lot happens - there's no mystery to solve, or villain...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63889027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46344197">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[AN IRISH COUNTRY CHRISTMAS is the third of Patrick Taylor's books about the Irish billage of Ballybucklebo and its doctors. After the first, I compared it to a mixture of THE IRISH RM and ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. Certainly the humour of THE IRISH RM remains, but here Taylor is dealing with hum...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46344197">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40766908">
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 23 11:23:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 23 11:25:47 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw this book advertised in the NYTimes Book Review. It looked homey and seasonal. It is the third book of the author who is an Irish country doctor. It reminded me a little of the All Creatures Great and Small series...although it is a novel and not an autobiography. Sarah...remind me to ask your...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40766908">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39892092">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A pleasant, amusing read about the doctors of a small town in Northern Ireland in the mid-60s. I was sad to learn from the afterword that even during that time, before the Troubles, Catholics and Protestants did not coexist as peacefully as Taylor depicts them here. Still, I loved the characters and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39892092">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71330489">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read the 1st two so had to read the last one in the series.  Quick reads...you do learn something about medicine in small towns in 1960's Ireland.  Lots of &quot;cute&quot; characters.  The housekeeper of the series has her Irish recipes at the end, that she has fixed during the story, which is diff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71330489">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44386682">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm always attracted to books about Ireland's small country villages.  I just love the thought of such a peaceful life.  This is the latest of a series written by a country doctor chronicaling the beginning years of his practice starting in the mid-1960's.   ]]></body>
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    <review id="44175286">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVE Patrick Taylor's books. Irish Country Doctor and Irish Country Christmas make me long to live in a place like Ballybucklebo...but only if I could have a housekeeper/cook like Kinky!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Somewhat reminiscent of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small series, this was a good book to read at Christmas time (of course!) The characters are quirky but not weird, and interesting while still being realistic. Predictable in places but not so much that it became tedious. Overall a good...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40035898">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60179614">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very light, but enjoyable book.  It is the story of an older and younger doctor working in the Irish countryside.  The language is delightful-you can almost hear the Irish brogue as you read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slow paced but gentle story-telling about two doctors in an Irish village and the many quirky inhabitants.  It reminds me of the British tv series Ballykissangel.]]></body>
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    <review id="55832899">
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-written, slowly paced book that will appeal to readers of Jan Karon, sans the religious overtones. Set in Ireland, it main characters included a gruff country doctor and his new protege, with a good assortment of odds and ends characters. Several books in the series are available.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent Christmas story as well as a peek into Nthrn Irish life during the 1960s. Well worth reading the other 2 in the series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was given this book for Christmas by a colleague and was delighted to find it's based in the town I lived in back in Northern Ireland.<br/><br/>Very nice read.   Not one that I couldn't put down though. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Found it on the bargain table. It is the third in the series I believe. Plan to read the other two on my Kindle.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this during Christmas week, which was fun.  This reminded me so much of the James Herriot country vet series, only in Ireland &amp; with humans as patients.  The book was very charming &amp; enjoyable.]]></body>
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