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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 be Kinky Kincaid was Maureen O’Hanlon, a farmer’s daughter growing up in the emerald hills and glens of County Cork. A precocious girl on the cusp of womanhood, Maureen has a head full of dreams, a heart open to romance, and something more: a gift for seeing beyond the ordinary into the mystic realm of fairies, spirits, and even the dreaded Banshee, whose terrifying wail she first hears on a snowy night in 1922. . . .
As she grows into a young woman, Maureen finds herself torn between love and her fondest aspirations, for the future is a mystery even for one blessed with the sight. Encountering both joy and sorrow, Maureen at last finds herself on the road to Ballybucklebo---and the strong and compassionate woman she was always destined to become.
An Irish Country Girl is another captivating tale by Patrick Taylor, a true Irish storyteller.
About the Author
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, 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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Read!,
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This review is from: An Irish Country Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)
I have been reading the Irish Country series books with great interest. I actually read them out of sequence so this one was actually the last one I read, even though it was the fourth one in the series.No matter, it was still a great read. The novel starts off when the doctors and their respective women are getting ready to go over to the Marquis Open House on Christmas Day. You can read more about this in the book An Irish Country Christmas. The novel, An Irish Country Girl, is like an interlude to the previously mentioned book as it focuses on Mrs. Kincaid, "Kinky", herself. After the doctors have left, there are children milling about as they had come over to sing Christmas Carols to the doctors and Kinky is now taking care of them by serving them treats and something to drink while shooing the doctors out the door, reminding them to be home for Christmas dinner by 5:00 p.m. As the children gather round upstairs by the fireplace, Kinky tells them a story about what happened on St. Stephen's Day in 1922 when Kinky was but a young girl of 14 years old, back in County Cork, Ireland, with dreams of becoming a teacher some day. It is a story about what happens when one messes with the faeries and how Maureen O'Hanlon (that was Mrs. Kincaid's maiden name) first experienced her "gift" and learned she was a fey like her mother. Apparently, the gift runs in the family. Unfortunately, time runs out and the children only hear about the story of St. Stephen's Day in 1922 as they are ushered out the door by Kinky to go home to their respective parents. The rest of the novel is about Kinky (Mrs. Kincaid) working in the kitchen preparing the Christmas dinner, all the while reminiscing about those days, including what happened when she was 17 years old and met her "Paudeen", who she would later married and who got lost at sea at a very young age. She also reminisces about what happened on St. Stephen's Day, 1926, four years later after the St. Stephen's Day of 1922 when the "St. Stephen's Day ghost" started appearing. And finally, you find out how she got the nickname "Kinky". Patrick Taylor is at his best with the dialect for County Cork, which is different from that of the Ulster language and, once again, he adds a Irish language glossary at the back for folks like me, as well as Mrs. Kincaid's recipes. Your usual down home warmth of the Irish country folks going about their usual business and enjoying life in general. This time in the 1920s. A strong recommendation to read if you like to know more about the character herself.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
KINKY TAKES THE LEAD IN THIS ONE !,
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This review is from: An Irish Country Girl: A Novel (Audio CD)
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, housekeeper for Drs. Laverty and O'Reilly. We have come to know her as reliable, resourceful, and almost as if she had always tended to the doctors, Not so we learn as Kinky takes us back in her memory to when she was Maureen O'Hanlon, the young daughter of a farmer in County Cork. She was an unusual girl in many ways, but most certainly due to her gift of being able to see what others could not - the mystical world of fairies, spirits, and (shiver) the Banshee. Kinky is reminded of her girlhood when children come to visit on Christmas and are rewarded not only with sweet treats but also a tale of spirits - a true one. It is the story of Conner MacTaggart who chopped down a Blackthorn tree despite being warned that dark fairies live underneath it and will surely avenge themselves. That is precisely what they do, which is sad news for Maureen's older sister who wanted to marry Conner. From this reminiscence Maureen who is now Kinky remembers how she met her own husband. Fans of this series will enjoy the opportunity to know more about Kinky and how she came to Ballybucklebo. Enjoy! - Gail Cooke
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely as a cup of tea,
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This review is from: An Irish Country Girl: A Novel (Paperback)
Sitting down with any of Patrick Taylor's books is like sitting down with a cup of tea and a good friend for a lovely chat.
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