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Description edit
Soon to be a major motion picture, this #1 Irish bestseller is a hilarious portrait of working-class Dublin life. "Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne--a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s.... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mark Browne: eldest son of Agnes Browne
- Marion Monks: best friend of Agnes Browne
- Cathy Dowdall: Add a description of this character.
- Mr Wise: Jewish man who offers Mark a job
- Agnes Browne: protagonist of the Agnes Browne trilogy
- Dermot Browne: son of Agnes Browne
- Trevor
- Redser: Agnes Browne's deceased husband
- Mr O'reilly
- Rory
- Simon
- Mr Foley
- Tommo: Marion's husband
- Pierre: Frenchman that opens a pizzaria in the The Jarro
- Frankie
- Annie
- Cliff Richard: famous singer that Agnes Browne adores
- Garda
- Marko
- Mrs Ward
- Mammy
- Dr Clegg
- Monica
First Sentence edit
LIKE ALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, the interior of the public waiting room in the Department of Social Welfare was drab and uninviting.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Agnes Browne. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Brendan O'Carroll (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: O'Brian Press; Dublin
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0862783720
Page Count: 174
Publisher: O'Brian Press; Dublin
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0862783720
Page Count: 174
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6065.C36 M36 1994
- Dewey: 823.914
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