What is the setting of Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe?

Setting plays a key role in this book. The story takes place in the late 1900s, a time when Ireland was in the midst of a religious civil war. The subplots of this novel revolve around this war, and much of the storyline is driven by events involving the war. Patrick and those around him are clearly shell-shocked by this war. War is the topic at the local bars and murders occur frequently throughout the novel. The war hits very close to home, first when Irwin is murdered, and later when Patrick is at the scene of a bombing.