Surviving Ireland

By Colm Tobin

Subjects: Ireland, social life and customs, National characteristics, irish, Ireland, history, Social life and customs, History

Description: It's exhausting. Being Irish. The weight of history. The self-doubt. The constant analysis. The wind. Why are we so hard on ourselves? Is it the post colonial hangover following centuries of oppression at the hands of a litany of foreign oppressors? Or is it collective guilt for sending Westlife out into the wider world? In Surviving Ireland, the acclaimed comedy writer Colm Tobin offers a satirical romp through modern Irish life --