Taylor, Patrick, 1941- Irish country novel.

Thorndike Press large print core series.

Long before Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was a young M.B. planning to marry midwife Deirdre Mawhinney. Until the outbreak of World War II. Surgeon Lieutenant O'Reilly soon found himself face-to-face with the hardships of war, tending to the HMS Warspite's crew of 1,200 as well as to the many casualties brought aboard. But over two decades later, O'Reilly still has plenty of challenges