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2000s: Killarney Blues’ follows a number of young Irish people in their late twenties living in the tourist town of Killarney in Co. Kerry.
2000s: Killarney Blues’ follows a number of young Irish people in their late twenties living in the tourist town of Killarney in Co. Kerry.
Picturesque Killarney might seem the perfect place to enjoy the rare gift of sun but the town has got the blues. Bernard Dunphy, eccentric jarvey and guitarist, is pining for his unrequited love and has to contend with an ailing mother and an ailing horse. His troubled friend Jack gets embroiled in a violent crime. A trio of girlfriends becomes entangled in the terrible webs of their own making.
The novel takes you on a fascinating journey around the town and allows you to see it through the eyes of the group of 20 year olds in the story. they are a group aimlessley wandering through life
“Sunshine in Killarney, it doesn’t get much better than this. Blue skies,. Lush green . Happy faces smudged with ice cream. Pendant hanging baskets of bright flowers over shop signs. the sun casting its warmth on the most beautiful place in all of Ireland, finest vale of Europe.”
Destination: Killarney Author/Guide: Colin O’Sullivan Departure Time: 2000s
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