An Irish country doctor

Taylor, Patrick, 1941-

Book 2008

This is James Herriot for humans. Evocative of an earlier, innocent time, this simple, entertaining, moving story draws us into The life of a small Irish village. Set in a general medical practice in The eccentric Ulster village of Ballybucklebo in 1964, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is a fifty-six-year-old, unmarried country doctor, who runs his office along unorthodox lines. O'Reilly is joined by a wet-behind-the-ears, medical graduate, Dr. Bar...

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