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Several blame Siuan for their deaths, and acuse Peadar the pub of dishonest practices and theft. Peader retaliates by telling everyone that Nora, his political opponent was a drunkard. I enjoyed this quote from Nora: 'an election isn't half as cultural as I expected'. Neither Peader nor Nora win the election and they are reconciled afterwards.

We hear from the Trump of the Graveyard again - what do you think of these sections? It's quite different from the rest of the book.

There is another new corpse - Brid Terry - who gives news to Caitriona about her family and the community - Nora Sheainin's daughter has had a baby, and not died as Caitriona expected (hoped?!). Nell's son has also recovered. Caitriona believes Nell has asked the priest to perform what is effectively black magic, to bring her family good fortune. The Master's wife has remarried and Brid tells him that his wife said he told her to remarry after his death.

Footnotes
3.6
'trysting-place of Dierdre and Naoise'
*Ill-fated lovers in one of the best known Irish myths, Oidhe Chlainne Uisnigh (the fate of the sons of Uisneach).
4.4
'the wedding...six kinds of meat, porter, whiskey and Sean Payne'
*Sean Pein in the original; a comic mishearing for champagne

What would you like to discuss? What do you like/not like about the book so far? Anything you are struggling with, or struggling to follow? Do you have any questions? Any particular passages or quotes you enjoyed?