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Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

Séamas O'Reilly

A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles. Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bunga...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It was described as a hilarious memoir, composed of essays, that detailed the author's family life after his mother's death when he was five years old, and was well-received by both Karen and her father.

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There's a writer named Seamus O'Reilly, Irish obviously. He's from Derry. He's from Northern Ireland.

— Episode: 314 - The Chip Away Method

Episode: 314 - The Chip Away Method

It was described as a hilarious memoir, composed of essays, that detailed the author's family life after his mother's death when he was five years old, and was well-received by both Karen and her father.

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There's a writer named Seamus O'Reilly, Irish obviously. He's from Derry. He's from Northern Ireland.

And it's about him being one of 11 children and his mom died when he was five.

And the writing is so good and so funny that I gave it to my dad and I was like, you're gonna die. And he finished it in like two days.

It's called Did You Hear Mammy Died? And the writer Seamus O'Reilly.

So they're essays, but it's just really about a certain very specific experience. It's just like, and they're just, it flows along and it's laugh out loud hilarious. It's pretty great.

Episode: 314 - The Chip Away Method

It was described as a collection of hilarious essays about the author's childhood and family life, particularly after his mother's death when he was five years old.

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There's a writer named Seamus O'Reilly, Irish obviously. He's from Derry. He's from Northern Ireland.

And it's about him being one of 11 children and his mom died when he was five. And it's a book of some of the most hilarious essays I've ever read about what his family life was like in that whole experience.

And the writing is so good and so funny that I gave it to my dad and I was like, you're gonna die. And he finished it in like two days.

It's called Did You Hear Mammy Died? And the writer Seamus O'Reilly.

If you're looking for like, it's a memoir. So they're essays, but it's just really about a certain very specific experience. It's just like, and they're just, it flows along and it's laugh out loud hilarious. It's pretty great.

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