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An Irish Country Girl (Irish Country #4)
The New York Times bestsellingtale of heartbreak and hope from theauthor of An Irish Country Doctor
Readers of Patrick Taylor’s books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzleddoctors in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. She is a trusted fixture in the lives of those around her, and it often seems as though Kin...more
Readers of Patrick Taylor’s books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzleddoctors in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. She is a trusted fixture in the lives of those around her, and it often seems as though Kin...more
ebook, 320 pages
Published
January 5th 2010
by Forge Books
(first published December 29th 2009)
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Patrick Taylor’s “Irish Country Girl” begins with Kinky (Mrs. Maureen Kincaid) inviting some little Christmas carolers indoors for hot black-current juice and a colorful scary folklore told in the way only a Celtic storyteller could. The excitement of the children mixed with Kinky’s Irish lilt is so enticing that I soon fell under Taylor’s Irish spell, settling back to hear (read) the tale of Connor MacTaggart and the Sidthe (pronounced “shee”) – the faeries in the Country Cork. The story is bea...more
This is a story about a girl a farmers daughter growing up in the emerald hills and glens of county cork. she has a head full of dreams , a heart open to romance and something more a gift for seeing beyond the ordinary. into the mistic world of fairies, spirts, and even the dreaded Banshee, as she grows into a young women she finds herself torn between love and her fondest aspirations. an interesting and very enjoyable coming of age story.
Back from another pleasant trip to Ballybucklebo, Ireland and each visit has been a joy. This time it was the back story of Kinky Kincaid, housekeeper to Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly and his young assistant, Dr. Barry Laverty. The story tells of Kinky's family, her schooling, her dreams, her part of Ireland and how she came to be in Ballybucklebo far from her home. I admit that when the story opened I was concerned that I would not like it as well as the others. Kinky Is telling a tale of the b...more
Listened to this story read by Terry Donnelly and while it started out great, with Kinky Kincaid telling some young carolers a ghost story from her youth, it did not keep up this fun, mesmerizing trend.
Fans of the series will recognize the main character as the housekeeper of the doctors. This story tell her life story, from a village in Southern Ireland, through her courtship and the reason she ended up with the doctors. I enjoy the character Kinky in the series as a strong, wise, helpful woman...more
Fans of the series will recognize the main character as the housekeeper of the doctors. This story tell her life story, from a village in Southern Ireland, through her courtship and the reason she ended up with the doctors. I enjoy the character Kinky in the series as a strong, wise, helpful woman...more
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This is the most recent in the series by Taylor about Dr. Laverty, who arrives in the tiny northern Ireland town of Ballybucklebo during the early 1960s. Unlike the first 3 novels, however, which trace Dr. Laverty's adventures, this novel focuses on the housekeeper, Maureen Kincaid, affectionately called Kinky. Kinky is "fey" -- she sometimes sees into the future because she has a unique Irish gift. As Kinky is preparing Christmas dinner for the doctors and their guests, she tells a St. Stephen'...more
Reason for Reading: The Irish Country Doctor series has been on my tbr list for a while and when I had an offer to read this fourth book, which can also be read as a stand-alone, I jumped at the chance to get my feet wet with the series.
Summary: This fourth book in the series takes a different direction than the other books by centering on Maureen Kincaid, housekeeper/cook for two country doctors in the 1960s. The book actually takes place during a few hours near the end of Book Three while Maur...more
Summary: This fourth book in the series takes a different direction than the other books by centering on Maureen Kincaid, housekeeper/cook for two country doctors in the 1960s. The book actually takes place during a few hours near the end of Book Three while Maur...more
I wasn't going to read this book right now because I was suffering from author fatigue, but it came up to be my turn at the library and I didn't have anything pressing to read. I'm glad I did. This book is quite different from Patrick Taylor's other books I have read. This is the story of how Mrs. Kinky Kincaid, housekeeper to the doctors in Taylor's other books, became fey and got "the sight". It is a wonderful story, told through a story that Mrs. Kincaid tells to visiting children, and then t...more
This is the story of Kinky Kincaid, a housekeeper for two doctors in the northern Irish town of Ballybucklebo. Kinky was born Maureen O’Hanlon to a farmer and grew up in the county of Cork far to the south.
It is Christmas afternoon when Kinky gathers a group of children into the lounge for a story about her adolescence. It all started the year she was fourteen on a wintry day. Connor MacTaggart, their neighbour had helped with a sheep instead of hauling in more peat to keep himself warm. Connor...more
It is Christmas afternoon when Kinky gathers a group of children into the lounge for a story about her adolescence. It all started the year she was fourteen on a wintry day. Connor MacTaggart, their neighbour had helped with a sheep instead of hauling in more peat to keep himself warm. Connor...more
Narrator Terry Donnelly is a deft voice performer who easily segues between accents from American to English to Irish. And when her text calls for Irish her voice is as authentically Irish as it can be. Her accent is true, crisp, and her voice is often lyrical as she switches to different characters by changing pitch. Thus, her reading of the fourth in Patrick Taylor's Irish Country series is a delight.
With AN IRISH COUNTRY GIRL we learn more about a favorite character, Kinky Kincaid, housekeep...more
With AN IRISH COUNTRY GIRL we learn more about a favorite character, Kinky Kincaid, housekeep...more
Jan 17, 2012
Forgotten Realms Queen
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4 of 5 stars
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Little bit of a different format than what I was expecting. I figured the whoe thing would be from the perspective of our favorite tough-as-nails housekeeper Kinky Kincaid running through her life in County Cork Ireland as a child and a young woman. However this was more a walk down memory lane than a time travelling trip into the past.
Miss Kinkaid is cooking up a feast as usual in her kitchen while the doctors Himself and young Barry Laverty are off making housecalls. She gets a pleasant interr...more
Miss Kinkaid is cooking up a feast as usual in her kitchen while the doctors Himself and young Barry Laverty are off making housecalls. She gets a pleasant interr...more
Jul 29, 2010
Staci
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4 of 5 stars
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2. Words to describe the book: Irish to the core with a healthy dose of storytelling
3. Location or characters you met:
* Maureen 'Kinky" Kincaid: A housekeeper for the doctor in the village of Ballybucklebo. She is getting the house ready for Christmas dinner and in the course of the day she tells the young children stories about fairies, spirits, and the banshee. Once the children leaves, she takes a break and spends time with the memories of her family, her dreams and ambitions, and how she ha...more
3. Location or characters you met:
* Maureen 'Kinky" Kincaid: A housekeeper for the doctor in the village of Ballybucklebo. She is getting the house ready for Christmas dinner and in the course of the day she tells the young children stories about fairies, spirits, and the banshee. Once the children leaves, she takes a break and spends time with the memories of her family, her dreams and ambitions, and how she ha...more
I won this book on our GoodReads give away! I was so pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it. Having never read any other of Patrick Taylor previous works, I was concerned that the story would contain holes which could have only been filled by reading the preceding stories. But happily, this was not the case. I love books about ordinary people. Ordinary people who experience extra ordinary moments along the road from birth to death. Moments,that I believe create "Their finest hour". Thes...more
This is definitely a superior read. Did you ever want to stand atop of a huge hill and shout of Joy? Well I did when I finished this novel.
Maureen "Kinky" Kincaid, what gallant & bewitching tales this lass can spin and weave. A tapestry of colors, seasons, and rare tales of the wee folks and more.
Happiness, sadness, joy, tears, all intermingle to let us view Irish Mythology, told in the first person of Maureen KINKY Kincaid.
Kinky was a scholar destined for teaching, but along the way she met...more
Maureen "Kinky" Kincaid, what gallant & bewitching tales this lass can spin and weave. A tapestry of colors, seasons, and rare tales of the wee folks and more.
Happiness, sadness, joy, tears, all intermingle to let us view Irish Mythology, told in the first person of Maureen KINKY Kincaid.
Kinky was a scholar destined for teaching, but along the way she met...more
Jan 29, 2010
Elisha (lishie)
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3 of 5 stars
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I got this as a Goodreads, First Read, which makes me excited. But, I'm having a hard time reviewing this one... I'll fess up- it's not my usual "type" of fiction to read... what, with fairies, spirits & banshees & all. It only has a teeny tiny bit o' "historical-ness" to it... Also, some of the dialogue seems repetitive which may just be the Irish way of speaking. That being said... as I began the story, I thought, oh no, how am I going to get through this book? The "tale" begins with t...more
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I will admit that I have not read the other books in the Irish Country Doctors series. I own them, but they are buried in my TBR pile. Soon to see the light of day, now that I have had a chance to wander through the enchanting world that Mr Taylor creates with his words.
In An Irish Country Girl, I am introduced to Maureen "Kinky" Kincaid. All I know of her as I start reading is that she is the beloved housekeeper for the good doctors of Ballybucklebo (say...more
I will admit that I have not read the other books in the Irish Country Doctors series. I own them, but they are buried in my TBR pile. Soon to see the light of day, now that I have had a chance to wander through the enchanting world that Mr Taylor creates with his words.
In An Irish Country Girl, I am introduced to Maureen "Kinky" Kincaid. All I know of her as I start reading is that she is the beloved housekeeper for the good doctors of Ballybucklebo (say...more
I found the beginning of this book a little difficult to get into, but once I got past the first section where kinky Kincaid is telling the neighborhood children the story of a ghost in her childhood, the rest of it moved very quickly in the style of the other books. If I had heard the female narrator first I probably would've thought she was really good, but I already listened to the wonderful John Keating do four of the books in this series, and the way he captured Kinky's voice was so enterta...more
This book is part of Taylor's Irish Country series which features Mrs. Kinky Kinkaid as the doctor's housekeeper in the village of Ballybucklebo.
In this book, Kinky is preparing for a Christmas Day dinner, and begins reminiscing about her past. She starts the story by telling a group of village children a story about a ghost, the St. Stephen's Day ghost, from a personal experience when she was fourteen and living down in County Cork. Following this sad story about a young man close to her famil...more
In this book, Kinky is preparing for a Christmas Day dinner, and begins reminiscing about her past. She starts the story by telling a group of village children a story about a ghost, the St. Stephen's Day ghost, from a personal experience when she was fourteen and living down in County Cork. Following this sad story about a young man close to her famil...more
Another installment in the Irish Country series. In this one, the housekeeper for Doctors O'Flahertie and Laverty, "Kinky" Kincaid, fills us in on her life before she came to Ballybucklebo. She is recalling her life on the same Christmas Day that ended the previous book. Home on her own to prepare the holiday dinner, she is reminded of the past, growing up in County Cork, which is like another country to her current home.
We meet a young Maureen O'Hanlon, growing up on a farm with her parents, si...more
We meet a young Maureen O'Hanlon, growing up on a farm with her parents, si...more
I love Irish things - books, videos, calendars, etc. That is why I wanted to read this book, and I was not disappointed. The author included quite a bit of Irish history and folklore as well as giving Irish words and phrases with their English translations. He even listed Irish names and gave their meanings along with the English equivalents.
The story was also interesting to me since it included conversation the way folks in County Cork speak and was based on some fairly common Irish beliefs....more
The story was also interesting to me since it included conversation the way folks in County Cork speak and was based on some fairly common Irish beliefs....more
My second foray into the Irish Village/doctor series. This book departs, however, from the doctors and delves into the early life of their cook/housekeeper, "Kinky" Maureen Kincaid.
If you've read any of the series, (and I myself only read one before this book), you learn/know Kinky is
fey - or has the sight. Basically, she is physic an an see into the future.
This book focuses on how and when she came into her gift (or curse, depending on how you look at it). It is a very poignant story and ver...more
If you've read any of the series, (and I myself only read one before this book), you learn/know Kinky is
fey - or has the sight. Basically, she is physic an an see into the future.
This book focuses on how and when she came into her gift (or curse, depending on how you look at it). It is a very poignant story and ver...more
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This one gets a firm four stars from me. I probably wouldn't have read it if I hadn't won it from Goodreads' Firstreads. I got an advance copy to look over and review for promotional purposes. I had not read all the books in the Irish Country series, but I did read the one just before this, An Irish Country Christmas. I liked that one okay, but not enough to make me want to read the rest of the stories. This one, though, was more my cup of tea. I'm really glad I didn't miss out on this story. It...more
An Irish Country Girl (Patrick Taylor)
Novel. I really enjoyed this read. First I admit I love to read stories set in other countries, also add a bit of "magic" and add a few recipes at the end and I am hooked. This story is set in Ireland and tell of the "gift" or "curse" that Marueen O'Hannlon "Kinky" Kincaid has. She tells the story of how she discovered her "fey" ability. She seems to be able to foresee things of the future. When she encounters a gypsy woman the path of Maureen seems to be se...more
Novel. I really enjoyed this read. First I admit I love to read stories set in other countries, also add a bit of "magic" and add a few recipes at the end and I am hooked. This story is set in Ireland and tell of the "gift" or "curse" that Marueen O'Hannlon "Kinky" Kincaid has. She tells the story of how she discovered her "fey" ability. She seems to be able to foresee things of the future. When she encounters a gypsy woman the path of Maureen seems to be se...more
This was very different from the books I usually read. The story begins as a tale being told to children and the author uses all of the story tellers techniques to pull the reader in. My Grandmother left Donegal around that time so I loved all the details about the Irish way of life during the time period.
The story was a little bit spooky, a little bit sad, but with a satisfying ending.
I have not read any other books by this author, so I was not familiar with the grown up Kingy as a Housekeepe...more
The story was a little bit spooky, a little bit sad, but with a satisfying ending.
I have not read any other books by this author, so I was not familiar with the grown up Kingy as a Housekeepe...more
An Irish Country Girl: A Novel is entertaining and contains good storytelling. A book about Kinky, a housekeeper retelling the tale of her childhood and how she got to where she is at in her life.
My first impression of this book is definitely not what I received. Don't judge this book by it's cover definitely applies as the cover art and title are misleading. Not that this is a bad thing but I was expecting a peaceful little story, something along the lines of Little House on the Prairie but wha...more
My first impression of this book is definitely not what I received. Don't judge this book by it's cover definitely applies as the cover art and title are misleading. Not that this is a bad thing but I was expecting a peaceful little story, something along the lines of Little House on the Prairie but wha...more
The first three of Patrick Taylor's Irish Country books feature the housekeeper Maureen "Kinky" Kincaid in a supporting role. We get a few glimpses into her past, but it's never quite clear how a girl from Cork managed to find herself up north in Ballybucklebo.
In An Irish Country Girl, we are taken back to Kinky's youth and the Ireland of the 1920s. The details of farm life are interwoven with the story of Kinky's family and community, her dreams and disappointments. With this book, I came to s...more
In An Irish Country Girl, we are taken back to Kinky's youth and the Ireland of the 1920s. The details of farm life are interwoven with the story of Kinky's family and community, her dreams and disappointments. With this book, I came to s...more
I received an advanced copy of this book and was hoping when I got it that I'd find a new author to like a lot. Wow. This book is unlike anything I've read in quite a while. The characters a vividly drawn and the story is nice and quite sad. I finished during the wee hours of the morning on a work night because I was so involved that I couldn't put it down. My only niggling complaint is that the chapter breaks don't make sense - its like they feel that a chapter should be 15 pages whether or not...more
This is story of Kinky Kincaid, a girl growing up in a small town in Ireland during the 1920s. I haven't read any of the other books in series, so it was a bit difficult in the beginning getting into the story. Also the way the characters spoke with Irish words and slang interspersed took some getting used to.
But I soon found myself drawn into the story. Its full of mysticism and legends about fairies and ghosts. It is an enjoyable, light coming of age story and is a good read if you are lookin...more
But I soon found myself drawn into the story. Its full of mysticism and legends about fairies and ghosts. It is an enjoyable, light coming of age story and is a good read if you are lookin...more
Feb 21, 2010
Amanda (LoveofJoe11)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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first-reads,
2010
I've had a busy month with school and today I decided I was finally going to sit down and finish Taylor's book. I'm glad Taylor helped us learn more about Mrs. Kinky Kincaid, but honestly, I'm getting bored. This is the fourth book in the series and they're almost all the same, style wise. Taylor tried to tell a love story, but that's just it--he told it. I didn't feel the emotions as well as I can in other books. Taylor threw some new characters in, which could increase interest, but not for me...more
Finished "An Irish Country Girl" by Patrick Taylor. I have in mind a story I would like to write that includes fae-folk, so in the meantime, I picked this one up from the library. It would've been several hundred words shorter with the word "so" removed! Unfortunately, the story only started talking about the Sidthe ("shee"), and then for much of it, they were no more than a bit part. It was otherwise a love story bordering on romance novel. The ending was much like the ending of some stories I'...more
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Patrick Taylor, M.D., is the author of the Irish Country books, including An Irish Country Doctor, An Irish Country Village, An Irish Country Christmas, An Irish Country Girl, and An Irish Country Courtship. Taylor was born and raised in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland. After qualifying as a specialist in 1969, he worked in Canada for thirty-one...more
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Patrick Taylor, M.D., is the author of the Irish Country books, including An Irish Country Doctor, An Irish Country Village, An Irish Country Christmas, An Irish Country Girl, and An Irish Country Courtship. Taylor was born and raised in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland. After qualifying as a specialist in 1969, he worked in Canada for thirty-one...more
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