Patrick Taylor

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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 years. He now lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.

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Patrick Taylor talks about his book, An Irish Country Doctor

Barry Laverty, M.D., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland. The proud owner of a spanking-new medical degree and little else in the way of worldly possessions, Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice.

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Patrick Taylor on the town that inspired the Irish Country books

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.

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An Irish Country Wedding by Patrick Taylor--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Patrick Taylor's novel An Irish Country Wedding, read by John Keating. In this heartwarming tale from New York Times bestselling author Taylor, love is in the air in the colorful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo. Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly has finally proposed to the darling of his youth, Kitty O'Hallorhan. There's a wedding to be planned, but before O'Reilly can make it to the altar, he and Barry Laverty, M.B., must deal with crises big and small.

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A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Patrick Taylor's novel A Dublin Student Doctor. Patrick Taylor's devoted readers know Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as a pugnacious general practitioner in the quaint Irish village of Ballybucklebo. Now Taylor turns back the clock to give us a portrait of the young Fingal—and show us the pivotal events that shaped the man he would become. In the 1930s, fresh from a stint in the Royal Navy Reserve, and against the wishes of his disapproving father, Fingal O'Reilly

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An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Patrick Taylor's novel An Irish Country Girl. Readers of Patrick Taylor's books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled doctors 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 Kinky has always been there. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Some forty odd years before and many miles to the south, the girl who would someday

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An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Patrick Taylor's novel An Irish Country Christmas. 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 d

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An Irish Country Village by Patrick Taylor--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Patrick Taylor's novel An Irish Country Village. Welcome to the Village of Ballybucklebo. Come and say hello to Dr. O'Reilly's odd-as-two-left feet patients, his housekeeper, Mrs. "Kinky" Kinkaid, and O'Reilly's pets, Arthur Guinness, the beer-swilling black Lab and Lady MacBeth, the demonically possessed white cat. And of course, to young Dr. Barry Laverty. After Barry's first month as an assistant to crusty Dr. O'Reilly, he has been offered a permanent spot. But Laver

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An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Patrick Taylor's novel An Irish Country Doctor. Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the Northern Ireland village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there. But Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice. At least until he meets Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. The older physician has his own way of doing things. At first, Barry can't decide if the pugnacious O'Reilly is the biggest c

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Author Patrick Taylor on his book An Irish Country Christmas

Hear an author interview with Patrick Taylor, discussing his Irish Country series and his novel An Irish Country Christmas. He talks about the imaginary town of Ballybucklebo and how his medical practice inspired the books. Read more about An Irish Country Christmas at http://us.macmillan.com/anirishcountrychristmas Learn more about Patrick Taylor at http://us.macmillan.com/author/patricktaylor Find all the books in the Irish Country series at http://us.macmillan.com/series/IrishCountryBooks

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Pray for Us Sinners

Patrick Taylor
Forge Books

A British Army bomb-disposal expert goes undercover to try to identify the source of the bombs being used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Pray for...

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Home Is the Sailor

Irish Country Books
Patrick Taylor; Read by John Keating
Macmillan Audio

A brand-new short story in Patrick Taylor's New York Times bestselling Irish Country series