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The Essentials: Top 10 books about Ireland and the Irish

Regardless of whether you think the Irish really saved civilization, there's no doubt books by and about the Irish are a pillar of literature. Here are some works to get you started.

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1913) Shaw would've hated how his look at the war between the sexes and the classes was sweetened and turned by Hollywood into My Fair Lady. But he would've liked the big paycheck....

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