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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 Fingalâ??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 goes to Dublin to study medicine. Fingal and his fellow aspiring doctors face the arduous demands of Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital. The hours are long and the cases challenging, but Fingal manages to find time to box and play rugbyâ??and to romance a fetching, gray-eyed nurse named Kitty O'Hallorhan. Dublin is a city of slums and tenements, where brutal poverty breeds diseases that the limited medical knowledge of the time is often ill-equipped to handle. His teachers warn Fingal not to become too attached to his patients, but can he truly harden himself to the suffering he sees all around himâ??or can he find a way to care for his patients without breaking his heart? A Dublin Student Doctor is a moving, deeply human story that will touch longtime fans of the Irish Country Books series as well as readers who are meeting Doctor Fingal O'Reilly for the very first t… (more)
It's a good thing the accents are so compelling, because there is a lot of repetition in these books. Anyhoo. I liked this installment very much, even if it stretches the credulity a bit -- I mean, what father is so annoyed by his son wanting to be a doctor that he cuts off his inheritance? Yeah, yeah, families are weird but this one is really hard to wrap my head around.
Nonetheless, young Fingal in Dublin, studying and chasing Kitty is a really nice story. Like in previous installments, I love how these aren't just a totally separate storyline, but rather interwoven flashbacks within current events. I'm really appreciating the depth of their previous relationships, even as it feels like Taylor has written himself into a corner -- how on earth does their relationship end? How is there time for Fingal to fall for someone else? I guess we will find out in one of the next installments. P.S. I don't miss Barry. ( )
This was chronologically the first book in the series, although it was listed as book 6. It was about his student doctor days and was the first book I could get from the library.
I listened to the audiobook, which was read by a man with an Irish accent and I really enjoyed it. I will be reading more of the series. ( )
This is book six in the series about Irish country doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. This volume moves from the village of Ballybuckleboo in Ulster with its eccentric characters where he has his practice in the 1960's to Dublin in the 1930's to give the background on Fingal's family and his five years as a medical student. The beauty of this novel is experiencing Dublin during the Great Depression with its poor living in slums that shake the reader and Fingal. We also discover what a medical student went through to become a doctor in the 1930's. The reader will also learn great gobs of medical history as discoveries from around the world start influencing how the medical students treat their patients in the novel.
In this novel, we experience Fingal's first meeting with Kitty, the love of his life and how that relationship suffered from his determination to be a doctor despite the opposition of his father.
As with one of his earlier novels, some tighter editing would have shorten this effort a bit but despite this quibble, it was a book I could not put down. The fact that I had just been to Dublin a few months before I read it may have made this a more vivid read. ( )
This book is the sixth in a wonderful series. This series is one that once I start reading, I don't put the book down until it's finished. These books are very entertaining, and I'm glad they were recommended to me. If you enjoy James Herriot or Richard Gordon these books are for you. Re-read 2018 This book gives you the background of Doctor Fingal O'Reilly. It goes through his student days and into the beginning of the second world war when many had to put their lives and studies on hold to go to the front lines. ( )
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 Fingalâ??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 goes to Dublin to study medicine. Fingal and his fellow aspiring doctors face the arduous demands of Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital. The hours are long and the cases challenging, but Fingal manages to find time to box and play rugbyâ??and to romance a fetching, gray-eyed nurse named Kitty O'Hallorhan. Dublin is a city of slums and tenements, where brutal poverty breeds diseases that the limited medical knowledge of the time is often ill-equipped to handle. His teachers warn Fingal not to become too attached to his patients, but can he truly harden himself to the suffering he sees all around himâ??or can he find a way to care for his patients without breaking his heart? A Dublin Student Doctor is a moving, deeply human story that will touch longtime fans of the Irish Country Books series as well as readers who are meeting Doctor Fingal O'Reilly for the very first t
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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 goes to Dublin to study medicine. Fingal and his fellow aspiring doctos face the arduous demands of Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital. The hours are long and the cases challenging, but Fingal manages to find time to box and play rugby - and to romance a fetching, gray-eyed nurse named Kitty O'Hallorhan. Dublin is city of slums and tenements, where brutal poverty breed diseases that the limited medical knowledge of the time is often ill-equipped to handle. His teachers warn Fingal not to become too attached to his patients, but can he truly harden himself to the suffering he sees all around him - or can he find a way to care for his patients without breaking his heart? A Dublin Student Doctor is a moving, deeply human story that will touch longtime fans as well as readers who are meeting Doctor Fingal O'Reilly for the very first time.
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Nonetheless, young Fingal in Dublin, studying and chasing Kitty is a really nice story. Like in previous installments, I love how these aren't just a totally separate storyline, but rather interwoven flashbacks within current events. I'm really appreciating the depth of their previous relationships, even as it feels like Taylor has written himself into a corner -- how on earth does their relationship end? How is there time for Fingal to fall for someone else? I guess we will find out in one of the next installments. P.S. I don't miss Barry. (