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Surviving Ireland

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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 …

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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 --

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"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 …"

— Margaret

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