''The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger'' is a 2007 play by Irish writer Paul Howard, as part of the

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is a satirical fictional Irish character, a wealthy South County Dublin rugby union jock created by journalist Paul Howard. The character first appeared in a January 1998 column in the ''Sunday Tribune'' newspaper and late ...

series. It had its world premiere on 8 November 2007 at the

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produced by Landmark Productions. The title is a reference to the

Celtic Tiger The "Celtic Tiger" ( ga, An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of the Republic of Ireland, economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment. ...

, a period of prosperity in the

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from c.1992–2006.

Plot

The Celtic Tiger finishes but the same bad news arises as ''

This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own ''This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own'' is a 2008 novel by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard, and the seventh in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series. It coincided with the beginning of the Post-2008 Irish economic downturn and the re ...

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Last Days Of The Celtic Tiger, The 2007 plays Comedy plays Irish plays Plays set in Ireland Ross O'Carroll-Kelly