Patrick Taylor

Fans of Patrick Taylor's bestselling Irish Country novels know Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as the irascible senior partner of a general practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. But, there was a time, shortly after arriving in Ballybucklebo, that Dr. O'Reilly was not widely accepted by the villagers. This touching short story tell of how O'Reilly, with a little help, began to overcome their objections. Whether you're visiting for...

Barry Laverty, M.D., attend avec impatience son premier Noël dans le chaleureux village de Ballybucklebo, du moins jusqu'à ce qu'il apprenne que son amoureuse, Patricia, pourrait ne pas revenir à la maison pour les vacances. Toutefois, un jeune médecin exerçant sa profession dans les collines et les vallées verdoyantes de la campagne irlandaise a peu de temps pour s'appesantir sur les déceptions amoureuses. En compagnie de son partenaire plus...

Patrick Taylor a tout d'abord charmé les lecteurs avec Le médecin irlandais. Aujourd'hui, Taylor revient avec la colorée communauté de Ballybucklebo en Irlande du Nord o il se mijote toujours quelque chose sous la surface trompeusement endormie du village. Le jeune médecin Barry Laverty vient tout juste de commencer son assistanat auprès de l'excentrique docteur Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, mais il se sent déjà tout à fait chez lui à Ballybucklebo....

Ein gemütliches Dorf auf dem Land. Ein Winter mit viel Schnee. Eine Gemeinschaft, die zusammenhält: Barry Laverty ist Landarzt im beschaulichen Ballybucklebo in Nordirland. Hier ticken die Uhren etwas anders. Voller Vorfreude sieht Barry nun seinem ersten Weihnachtsfest in der bunten Dorfgemeinschaft entgegen. Schnee und Eis haben die Landschaft bereits in einen weißen Traum verwandelt, doch dann greift eine Grippewelle um sich. Auch Barrys exzentrischen...

A former technology executive took leave of the real world to reinvent himself as a twenty-first-century mountain man. In October-November 2013, Patrick Taylor crossed the Rocky Mountains alone on foot. He passed through one of the largest wilderness areas in the lower forty-eight to reach and retrace the route of Lewis and Clark in the winter. The sacrifices, vocationally, financially, and emotionally, are measured against the benefits by the author...

Patrick Taylor's first novel of the Irish Troubles, Pray for Us Sinners, introduced us to Provisional IRA bombmaker Davy MacCutcheon and the love of his life, Fiona Kavanagh. Davy planned to leave the Provos after one final mission. But the deadly mission backfired, and Davy ended up in prison. Six years later, in Now and in the Hour of Our Death, Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in Vancouver, Canada. But news of a breakout at the Maze prison brings...

Delighted to be offered a permanent position with crusty Dr. O'Reilly, Dr. Barry Lavery confronts a crisis when his reputation is threatened by the unexpected death of one of his patients.

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....

Resolving to handle his usual round of eccentric patients before marrying his sweetheart, Dr. O'Reilly helps clear the name of a pigeon-hunting cat and encourages a promising student while his assistant, Barry, considers a romance with a politically outspoken teacher.

Long before Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was a young M.B. with plans to marry midwife Deirdre Mawhinney. Until the oubreak of World War II Surgeon Lieutenant O'Reilly found himself face-to-face with the hardships of war, tending to the HMS Warspite's crew of 1,200 as well as to the many casualties brought aboard. But over two decades later, O'Reilly still has plenty of challenges.