The Barrytown Trilogy consists of the first three novels by Irish

Ireland

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 writer Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. He won the Booker Prize in 1993....

 and is first published as a trilogy in 1992. All of the three novels have been adapted into successful movies.

The three novels are: The Commitments

The Commitments

The Commitments is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy. It is a tale about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band.-Plot summary:...

(1987, film 1991), The Snapper (1990, film 1993), The Van

The Van (novel)

The Van is a 1991 novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the third novel in The Barrytown Trilogy, continuing the story from The Snapper . It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize . -Premise:...

(1991, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, film 1996). All three novels are focused on the Rabbitte family.

Family members

• James "Jimmy" Rabbitte Sr. - patriarch and protagonist
  Protagonist
  A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
  
   of the third and final Barrytown novel, The Van
  The Van (novel)
  The Van is a 1991 novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the third novel in The Barrytown Trilogy, continuing the story from The Snapper . It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize . -Premise:...
  
  which sees him and a friend, Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves buy a chipper van as a business opportunity during the 1990 World Cup.

• Veronica Rabbitte - matriarch of the family who tries to keep the peace and is often known to have a laugh at her family's antics.

• Sharon Rabbitte - eldest daughter and the protagonist of the second novel, The Snapper where she comes to terms with her pregnancy and later gives birth to a daughter, Georgina (who the family call Gina for short)

• Georgina "Gina" Rabbitte - Sharon's daughter, born in The Snapper and featured as a toddler in The Van, often repeating profanity used by family members in baby-talk.

• James "Jimmy" Rabbitte Jr. - eldest son and protagonist of the first novel, The Commitments
  The Commitments
  The Commitments is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy. It is a tale about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band.-Plot summary:...
  
  , where he and several friends form an Irish soul band. In The Snapper, Jimmy frequently practices being a DJ, much to the annoyance of his father. In the final novel, He has moved out of home and is living with his girlfriend but still makes frequent visits home.

• Leslie Rabbitte - second-born son of Jimmy Sr. and Veronica. The least prominent of the children as he is almost never at home in the trilogy. Leslie is frequently in trouble and clashes with his father.

• Darren Rabbitte - youngest son, still at school. He decides to become a vegetarian in The Van and helps Jimmy Sr. with his business.

• Tracy and Linda Rabbitte - two youngest children, twin girls, who frequently behave mischievously, provoking the ire of the parents.

• Larrygogan - A stray dog who becomes the family's pet in The Snapper.