Biographies for St. Patrick's Day:
 

St. Patrick of Ireland: a biography by Philip Freeman

Damned to fame: the life of Samuel Beckett by James Knowlson

Michael Collins: a life by James Mackay

Yeats's ghosts: the secret life of W.B. Yeats by Brenda Maddox

Loitering with intent: The child by Peter O'Toole