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{{Infobox series
| name = Born In Trilogy
| author = Nora Roberts
| pen name = 
| number of books = 3
| first book = Born in Fire
| final book = Born in Shame
| publication years = 1994–1996
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (also published as the ''Irish Born Trilogy'') is a book series by Nora Roberts following the three Concannon sisters of County Clare, Ireland.

== Overview ==
The trilogy follows Maggie, Brianna, and Shannon, three sisters connected through their father, Thomas Concannon, as each finds love against the backdrop of the Irish countryside. The books can be read as standalones but share recurring characters and a continuous family timeline across all three.

== Books in the Series ==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Title !! Year !! Focus character
|-
| 1 || ''[[Born in Fire]]'' || 1994 || [[Maggie Concannon]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Born in Ice]]'' || 1995 || [[Brianna Concannon]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Born in Shame]]'' || 1996 || [[Shannon Bodine]]
|}

== Setting ==
* County Clare, Ireland, primarily the area around the village of Kilmihil
* The Concannon family farmhouse and Brianna's bed-and-breakfast

== Central Family ==
See main article: [[Concannon Family]]

== Central Location ==
* Brianna's bed-and-breakfast, run out of the Concannon family home in Clare

== Series Summary ==
''Born in Fire'' opens with Maggie Concannon, a glassblower whose talent and temper are both inherited from her late father, Tom. Dublin gallery owner Rogan Sweeney recognizes her work and pushes her toward the career — and the relationship — she's resisted. ''Born in Ice'' turns to Maggie's younger sister Brianna, who runs the family bed-and-breakfast and falls for Grayson Thane, an American novelist who arrives to spend the winter writing his next book. ''Born in Shame'' introduces Shannon Bodine, the daughter Tom Concannon had in secret before his death. After her adoptive mother dies, Shannon travels to Clare to meet the family she never knew, and finds a home — and a romance with local veterinarian Murphy Muldoon — she wasn't looking for.

== Themes ==
* Family secrets and legitimacy
* Art and creative identity
* The pull of home and heritage
* Reconciliation between parents and children

== Notes ==
* Also published in omnibus form as ''Irish Born''.
* Tom Concannon, the sisters' father, dies before the events of the first book but remains a central figure through his effect on all three daughters.

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