Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Here is my announcement video for The Irish Readathon 2024! Please join us for this readathon taking place for all of the month of March (the national holiday St Patrick’s Day is the 17th March) where the aim is to read some Irish books. Let me know your favourite Irish books in the comments or if you’d like a recommendation for a particular type of book!
My co-hosts for the Irish Readathon are Aoife @wordsofclover and Leanne @LeanneRose and their announcement videos are linked below:
Aoife: youtube.com/watch?v=1yJ0bf44kSI
Leanne: youtube.com/watch?v=kaviKpVbPs4
STORYGRAPH CHALLENGE: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/65ac289b-08d9-4948-878c-a60c0f99b78a?redirect=true
DISCORD SERVER: discord.com/channels/930765156642881538/930765879761862703
PROMPTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Read a book with green on the cover.
- Trinity by Leon Uris
- Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray
2. Read an Irish childrens’ book.
- Artemis Fowl is the first in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
- Under the Hawthorn Tree is the first in the Children of the Famine series by Marita Conlon-McKenna
- Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure by Nicola Pierce
- The Magician’s Nephew is the first in The Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis
3. Read an Irish book related to the number seven to celebrate seven years of the Irish Readathon.
- The Break by Marian Keyes
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
- Landing by Emma Donoghue
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
- The Untouchable by John Banville
- The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge – the version I saw last year was a wild musical take which was brilliant: https://playboythemusical.ie/
- Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor; can be read here: https://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/maddendw/the-oxford-book-of-short-stories_29guestsofthenation.pdf
- Antarctica by Claire Keegan
- Any poetry by Seamus Heaney, WB Yeats
- Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
4. Read an Irish book that fulfils one of the cover prompts (Animal, Food, House, Books, People, Trees, Transport, Fantasy Element, Stars)
5. Read an Irish book in your favourite genre:
- Historical Fiction:
o The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
o A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
o Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor
o My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
o The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
o The Absolutist by John Boyne
- Contemporary/’Chick lit’:
o Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
o Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes
o Normal People by Sally Rooney
o Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
- Literary fiction:
o Foster by Claire Keegan – the film adaptation is An Cailín Ciúin
o A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
o The Colony by Audrey Magee
- Classics:
o The Real Charlotte by Edith Somerville and Martin Ross
o A Drama in Muslin by George Moore
o Uncle Silas by J Sheridan LeFanu
o The Secret History of an Irish Countess by J Sheridan LeFanu
o The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
- Plays:
o The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
o Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
o The Rivals by Richard Brimsley Sheridan
o Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
o Translations by Brian Friel – the production I saw in 2022: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/translations/
- Crime:
o Christine Falls is the first Quirke novel by Benjamin Black
o The Secret Guests and Snow are are the first two novels about St John Strafford by Benjamin Black/John Banville
o The Guards is the first book in the Jack Taylor series by Ken Bruen
6. Bonus Challenge: Read the Group Read, The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Playlist of my previous Irish Readathon videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWko0oQhX9Sad86vc_yiz_Z3Au5vrQzjg
My March reading wrap-up from last year with more historical fiction recommendations: youtube.com/watch?v=0gHdqWEggiw&list=PLWko0oQhX9Sad86vc_yiz_Z3Au5vrQzjg&index=4&t=182s
#irishreadathon #theirishreadathaon
Please feel free to reach out on Voxer @lisa60932, Instagram @lisainbookland, or email lisainbookland@gmail.com
Here is my announcement video for The Irish Readathon 2024! Please join us for this readathon taking place for all of the month of March (the national holiday St Patrick’s Day is the 17th March) where the aim is to read some Irish books. Let me know your favourite Irish books in the comments or if you’d like a recommendation for a particular type of book!
My co-hosts for the Irish Readathon are Aoife @wordsofclover and Leanne @LeanneRose and their announcement videos are linked below:
Aoife: youtube.com/watch?v=1yJ0bf44kSI
Leanne: youtube.com/watch?v=kaviKpVbPs4
STORYGRAPH CHALLENGE: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/65ac289b-08d9-4948-878c-a60c0f99b78a?redirect=true
DISCORD SERVER: discord.com/channels/930765156642881538/930765879761862703
PROMPTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Read a book with green on the cover.
- Trinity by Leon Uris
- Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray
2. Read an Irish childrens’ book.
- Artemis Fowl is the first in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
- Under the Hawthorn Tree is the first in the Children of the Famine series by Marita Conlon-McKenna
- Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure by Nicola Pierce
- The Magician’s Nephew is the first in The Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis
3. Read an Irish book related to the number seven to celebrate seven years of the Irish Readathon.
- The Break by Marian Keyes
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
- Landing by Emma Donoghue
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
- The Untouchable by John Banville
- The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge – the version I saw last year was a wild musical take which was brilliant: https://playboythemusical.ie/
- Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor; can be read here: https://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/maddendw/the-oxford-book-of-short-stories_29guestsofthenation.pdf
- Antarctica by Claire Keegan
- Any poetry by Seamus Heaney, WB Yeats
- Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
4. Read an Irish book that fulfils one of the cover prompts (Animal, Food, House, Books, People, Trees, Transport, Fantasy Element, Stars)
5. Read an Irish book in your favourite genre:
- Historical Fiction:
o The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
o A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
o Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor
o My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
o The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
o The Absolutist by John Boyne
- Contemporary/’Chick lit’:
o Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
o Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes
o Normal People by Sally Rooney
o Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
- Literary fiction:
o Foster by Claire Keegan – the film adaptation is An Cailín Ciúin
o A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
o The Colony by Audrey Magee
- Classics:
o The Real Charlotte by Edith Somerville and Martin Ross
o A Drama in Muslin by George Moore
o Uncle Silas by J Sheridan LeFanu
o The Secret History of an Irish Countess by J Sheridan LeFanu
o The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
- Plays:
o The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
o Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
o The Rivals by Richard Brimsley Sheridan
o Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
o Translations by Brian Friel – the production I saw in 2022: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/translations/
- Crime:
o Christine Falls is the first Quirke novel by Benjamin Black
o The Secret Guests and Snow are are the first two novels about St John Strafford by Benjamin Black/John Banville
o The Guards is the first book in the Jack Taylor series by Ken Bruen
6. Bonus Challenge: Read the Group Read, The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Playlist of my previous Irish Readathon videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWko0oQhX9Sad86vc_yiz_Z3Au5vrQzjg
My March reading wrap-up from last year with more historical fiction recommendations: youtube.com/watch?v=0gHdqWEggiw&list=PLWko0oQhX9Sad86vc_yiz_Z3Au5vrQzjg&index=4&t=182s
#irishreadathon #theirishreadathaon
Please feel free to reach out on Voxer @lisa60932, Instagram @lisainbookland, or email lisainbookland@gmail.com
