The Country Girls

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Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy

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The Country Girls Trilogy

Edna O'Brien's trilogy of novels about two girls growing up in 1950s rural Ireland.

Dramatisations of Edna O'Brien's trilogy of novels about the lives of two girls growing up in 1950s rural Ireland.

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Final episode of the dramatisation of Edna O'Brien's frank, funny & subversive trilogy

The final episode. Baba and Kate are grown women, a long way from their West of Ireland childhood, and as close and as alienated from each other as they ever were.

The final episode of Edna O'Brien's frank, funny and subversive Country Girls trilogy. Baba and Kate are grown women, a long way from their West of Ireland childhood, and as close and as alienated from each other as ever.

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Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Psychiatrist ..... Chris Pavlo
Cash ..... Alfie Todd
Maura ..... Katherine Press

Written by Edna O’Brien
Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Directed by Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy: Girls in Their Married Bliss

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The third book in Edna O'Brien's frank, funny and subversive trilogy

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