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FIC TAY
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Forge Books (2012), Edition: Reprint, 496 pages
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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML: 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 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 rugby�??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 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 of the Irish Country Books series as well as readers who are meeting Doctor Fingal O'Reilly for the very first t… (more)
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LibraryThing member autumnblues
Unique author endows an Irish heartwarming story of medicine, love and achievement.
A Dublin Student Doctor audiobook is quite unique and I fell in love with this CD set from the start. I found the Irish accents of Patrick Taylor quite extraordinary, even more so as he did the voice-overs for some
A Dublin Student Doctor audiobook is quite unique and I fell in love with this CD set from the start. I found the Irish accents of Patrick Taylor quite extraordinary, even more so as he did the voice-overs for some
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of the other characters. It did not take me long to settle into the different voices and completely forget Taylor played more than just Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly. Having a medical background myself, I believe this audiobook would be much appreciated by those with any sort of medical background. At times, O'Reilly and his colleagues do their rounds throughout Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital and speak about their patients diagnosis or are in the process of a diagnosis. In this narrative you follow along through the life of Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as he struggles through medical school with his group of colleagues at Trinity College and their internship at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital in Ireland. Doctor O'Reilly's home life has some turmoil of it's own as O'Reilly has a fallout with his father, who at first does not support his medical interests unless it is in the research field. However with the support of his only sibling, a brother and his mother, O'Reilly pushes on through school and even finds himself falling in love. This story is so realistic I found myself completely immersed in O'Reilly's life, especially in the romance going on between O'Reilly and Kitty, a nurse working at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital. The author Taylor did an excellent job in keeping the story practical and A Dublin Student Doctor was very funny at times. I laughed throughout many parts of this story, especially when Taylor makes a reference of O'Reilly catching a glimpse of the calf of a girl or the mischief and witty pranks that go on between O'Reilly and the other interns. This audiobook would make a great gift for anyone who loves to listen to the Irish dialect or loves anything medical, a treat to the intellect and senses from an intellectually gifted author one may rarely come across in a lifetime. Show Less
LibraryThing member tututhefirst
At 15 hours of audio, this was about 5 hours too long. Taylor's books have each gotten more verbose, less well edited as the series goes on.
As a doctor writing about doctors, he seems to think we're all really interested in all the nitty gritty of medical diagnoses and treatments. While we may be
The whole book, which is 496 pages in hardback, covers his medical studies in excruciating detail. Not much more to say. There are some lovely scenes with his Ma, and some scenes with Kitty where you want to crack him upside the head and tell him to get on with it, but that's about it. If you're a fan of the series and have nothing better to do and are dying to get the backfill, go for it. If you love the series, but have something else you want to read and can accept on faith that Fingal graduated from medical school and fell in love with Kitty, then on with your life, you won't miss this one.
As a doctor writing about doctors, he seems to think we're all really interested in all the nitty gritty of medical diagnoses and treatments. While we may be
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interested, we don't need a graduate level course. This story--actually a kind of prequel to the series-- takes us back not only to the beginning of Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly's illustrious career in medicine but also the inception of his romance with nurse Kitty O'Hallorhan. It was delightful backfill for those of us who'd read all the others, but it dragged. Oh my did it drag.The whole book, which is 496 pages in hardback, covers his medical studies in excruciating detail. Not much more to say. There are some lovely scenes with his Ma, and some scenes with Kitty where you want to crack him upside the head and tell him to get on with it, but that's about it. If you're a fan of the series and have nothing better to do and are dying to get the backfill, go for it. If you love the series, but have something else you want to read and can accept on faith that Fingal graduated from medical school and fell in love with Kitty, then on with your life, you won't miss this one.
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LibraryThing member DeltaQueen50
The sixth in the Irish Country Doctor series, A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor goes back to the 1930’s and tells of Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly studies to become a fully fledged doctor. Full of stories about his and his fellow students trials and tribulations as they endure the
In this prequel we learn how Fingal and Kitty met and grew close during his student years, and I appreciated this insight into characters that I have been following now for a number of books. Another aspect of the book that I found interesting was the description of medical treatments that were used at that time.
I enjoy this series, but would label it as a lighter read and one that doesn’t overly engage the brain. In A Dublin Student Doctor, the author has delivered another book that mixes personal anecdotes with medical stories to deliver a entertaining and interesting addition to his Irish Country Doctor series.
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long hours of both the study and practise of medicine. The setting of Dublin during the 1930’s adds a lot to the narrative. In this prequel we learn how Fingal and Kitty met and grew close during his student years, and I appreciated this insight into characters that I have been following now for a number of books. Another aspect of the book that I found interesting was the description of medical treatments that were used at that time.
I enjoy this series, but would label it as a lighter read and one that doesn’t overly engage the brain. In A Dublin Student Doctor, the author has delivered another book that mixes personal anecdotes with medical stories to deliver a entertaining and interesting addition to his Irish Country Doctor series.
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LibraryThing member Diana_Long_Thomas
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.
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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.
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2018This 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.
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LibraryThing member lamour
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
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.
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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.
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LibraryThing member jennybeast
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,
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.
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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.
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Pages
496
ISBN
0765326744 / 9780765326744