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b'This week saw the final episode of Normal People, the hit TV show based on Sally Rooney\\u2019s novel set in Trinity College. Rooney\\u2019s book is just the latest in Ireland\\u2019s long tradition of novels set primarily on university campuses, and in today\\u2019s episode, Darach chats with \\xc9imear and Peadar about some of the other ones. Were all the great UCD novels written before the construction of the Belfield campus? Which college novel has a bar named after it? What tale of student life was the first novel in Irish to hit the bestseller lists?\\nThis episode also features Clodagh and Kirsten sharing extracts from the works cited.\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nSupport Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach\\xa0\\n\\n\\nGet Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/\\xa0\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nContact the show:\\n\\n\\ntwitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor\\n\\n\\nemail - motherfocloir@headstuff.org\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'