From Amazon:

Fans of Taylor’s bestselling Irish Country novels know Dr. Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly as the irascible senior partner of a general practice in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. Newly married to his long-lost sweetheart, he’s ready to settle into domestic bliss, but there’s always something requiring his attention, be it a riding accident, a difficult patient with a worrisome heart condition, a spot of grouse-hunting, or even some tricky shenanigans at the local dog races.

The everyday complications of village life are very different from the challenges Fingal faced nearly thirty years earlier, when, fresh out of medical school, the young Dr. O’Reilly accepts a post at the Aungier Street Dispensary, tending to the impoverished denizens of Dublin’s tenement slums. Yet even as he tries to make a difference, Fingal’s tireless devotion to his patients may cost him his own true love. . . .

Shifting back and forth between the present and the past, Patrick Taylor’s captivating Fingal O’Reilly brings to life both the green young man O’Reilly once was and the canny village doctor readers have come to know and admire.


It's been a while since I read a book in this series and I'd forgotten how much I enjoy them. This book isn't as funny as others I have read in the series but still a few hijinks to make me chuckle.

Taking this to the March BookCrossing meeting to be enjoyed by the next reader.

I have returned from the March meeting with WAY more books than I brought. Another thick one but looks interesting.

This heart warming story tells interesting things about a part of history and the development of drugs that make a difference to the lives of Drs. and their patients and what it was like to Dr. among the poor in Ireland. It was a lovely read during a stressful time. I would certainly read another book in this series.

Taking this back to the December meetup of Book Crossing at Cravings.

Picked this book up at the December meet-up of Calgary BookCrossers, held at Cravings Market Restaurant.

Taken to the June meet-up of Calgary BookCrossers, held at Cravings Market Restaurant.

Enjoy