Question

An author from this island wrote a novel whose characters are connected by their witnessing of Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk across the Twin Towers. (15[1])In a novel, the protagonist emigrates from this (-5[1])island to New York where she falls in love with Tony, (15[2])who she marries (15[1]-5[1])before returning home to mourn the death (15[1])of her (15[1])sister Rose. (15[1])The unnamed narrator “middle sister” (-5[2])breaks (15[1]-5[1])up (15[1])with her “maybe-boyfriend” after receiving threats from (15[1])the (*) Milkman in a novel from this island. (10[1])Let the Great World Spin is by (10[1])an author from this island. The life of Henry James is novelized in (10[2])The (10[1])Master, which is (10[1])by (10[1])an author (10[2])from this island (10[1])who wrote Brooklyn. (10[1]-5[1])This island forms (10[1])the setting of Conversations (10[2])with Friends (10[1]-5[1])and Normal People. (10[5])For 10 (10[2])points, name (10[1])this island home to Sally (10[1])Rooney and Colm (10[1])Tóibín (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: Ireland [or Éire]
<CH, British Literature>
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Richard LinAmherstYale2315
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley PastStanford31-5
Anne FjeldPaddington in Peru (2024)bingy academy4215
Nick EdwardsMcGill AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha4215
Caleb OttWaterloo BasicToronto A4515
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertInnovation Academy A45-5
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraToronto Disband the Club 2k245215
John MarvinChicago AIllinois Orange5415
Jesse ChusingOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomToronto B5615
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley A61-5
Henry JamesonLSE ABristol61-5
Andy HuffLSE BSouthampton62-5
Zosia MikolajczukSouthamptonLSE B6215
Michael KearneyHarvardMIT6315
Justine FrenchU[C]SDAnderson et al.7015
Moses KitakuleIn the Mood for BuzzASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline7810
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaVirginia Tech B8510
Madeline StrausTufts ABrandeis A9810
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri9810
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsThe cult of SGA9910
Ariel FaederPittRIT10210
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ANorth Carolina B10310
Fred GarveyTrumanWashU10510
Andrew WangIllinois BlueNotre Dame10510
Thomas TibbettsUCF AUF B10810
Ted GanPenn StateMaryland111-5
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BCambridge B11110
Young Fenimore LeeOld and Youngshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique11410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech C11810
Anna BarkerUCF BFlorida Tech11810
Rayton LinWaterloo ClozeMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii120-5
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiWaterloo Cloze12010
Issac OjutomoriTufts BBowdoin A12310
Logan MathisSIUEChicago B12310
Rahim DinaImperial AImperial B12310
Kevin FlanaganBristolLSE A12310
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AWarwick C12310
Leo LawUF AUF C12510
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BInnovation Academy B12510
Kayla DrajpuchBrandeis BBoston College A12710
Joanna XiaoGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C13210
Eric YangPurdue APurdue B13510
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B13610
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan ACarleton A13610
Addison WigginsUSFValencia13710
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley Past13710
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy ALambert13710
Towery McNeilMississippi StateMilton1370
Darren KellisMiltonMississippi State13710
Jason ChengJason et al.ALCU13710
Will AlstonSGV VenturesClaremont13710