Dubliners and Wee Folk 1:31

Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor 1931

“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.”
― Iris Murdoch

The Plain Facts

1. Length:9 Pages
2. Genre:Irish Literature
3. Characters:Brits: Awkins, Belcher Irish Nationals: Noble, Jeremiah Donovan, Awkins, Bonaparte.
4. Setting:A Dark Bog

So, what's It About Man?

Two Brits are caught in the war between Ireland and England.  The terrorists that hold the English Captive will be affected by the summation of the lives of the two Brits. War in a bog is hell.

Stories: Ventures into Unknown Territory 40:70

Araby by James Joyce (1914)

Length - Five Pages

Genre: Irish Fiction 

Short Summary-No Spoiler

  A young innocent boy from Dublin yearns to write of an adventure that will capture the heart of his exotic neighbor.  The neighbor makes the writer dream of the Araby Market.  The events that happen in the market are found in the short story Araby by James Joyce.