Mirror Book Club: 7 powerful Irish novels you need on your bookshelf this St Patrick's Day

Celebrate St Patricks Day with The Mirror Book Club as book critic Dr Aimée Walsh hand picks the essential Irish reads from feminist retellings of myths to gritty Troubles tales


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