In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I will not be drinking green beer. Not a huge beer fan. Last time I tried a swig, I immediately wiped my tongue on my buddy's sweater to get the nasty taste out of my mouth. Yeah. Don't sit next to me in a pub.

Nevertheless, we will be roaming an Irish neighborhood today, because everyone's Irish on March 17th, or something like that. So here's a shout out to some great Irish authors that perhaps you didn't even know were of the Emerald Isle persuasion . . .

Revolutionary Joyce Better Contrast

JAMES JOYCE 1882-1941
Ulysses
Dubliners
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Finnegans Wake
The Dead
Eveline
Chamber Music
The Boarding House
Stephen Hero
Pomes Penyeach
and a bajillion more titles...okay, so like 13 more

Oscar Wilde at Oxford

OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Canterville Ghost
Lady Windermere's Fan
An Ideal Husband
The Happy Prince
The Selfish Giant
and seriously a bajillion more titles because the dude was prolific
JONATHAN SWIFT 1667-1745
Gulliver's Travels
A Modest Proposal
A Tale of a Tub
Directions to Servants
The Battle of the Books
Polite Conversation
The Drapier's Letters
A Meditation Upon a Broom-stick
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 1856-1950
Pygmalion
Caesar and Cleopatra
Arms and the Man
The Devil's Disciple
The Man of Destiny
You Never Can Tell
Man and Superman
Heartbreak House
Saint Joan
BRAM STOKER 1847-1912
Dracula (actually, there are a total of 5 Dracula titles by Stoker)
Lair of the White Worm
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Judge's House
The Lady of the Shroud




C.S. LEWIS 1898-1963
The Screwtape Letters
All the Narnia Books
The Space Trilogy
The Pilgrim's Regress
The Abolition of Man
Mere Christianity
The Great Divorce
Surprised By Joy
and a metric ton load of other titles

I confess that I'm not very well-read when it comes to Irish authors. All I got is Dracula for Stoker and Narnia, the Space Trilogy, Surprised by Joy and The Screwtape Letters for C. S. Lewis.

How many of these titles have you read? Share in the comment section unless you're too busy slugging back pints of green beer.