The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century ... That They May Face the Rising Sun came out in 2002, four years before McGahern’s death, and was published in the US as By the Lake.

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while 23 per cent confess every time they meet someone from Ireland, they’re tempted to try one out. And the Irish accent only placed third on a list of sexiest voices – trailing to Italian ...