20 Things To Do In Dublin Before You Go For a Pint


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Got some time on your hands before you hit Dublin's famous pubs? Then you need this book, an invaluable guide to twenty of Dublin's highlights for visitors and native alike. History, culture, strangeness and beauty are all here -- along with a list of the local hostelries to visit and let the experience soak in. Sprinkled with the wit of Murphy and O'Dea, best known for the Feckin' Collection. Key attractions include: - Christ Church Cathedral - Dublin Castle - The Chester Beatty Library - The Guinness Storehouse - Trinity College - Temple Bar - Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (IMMA) - Old Jameson Distillery - O'Connell Street & The GPO And many more!




20 Things to Do in Dublin Before You Go for a Feckin' Pint


Book Description

Got some time on your hands before you hit Dublin's famous pubs? Then you need this book, an invaluable guide to twenty of Dublin's highlights for visitors and native alike. History, culture, strangeness and beauty are all here -- along with a list of the local hostelries to visit and let the experience soak in. Sprinkled with the wit of Murphy and O'Dea, best known for the Feckin' Collection. Key attractions include: Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Castle The Chester Beatty Library The Guinness Storehouse Trinity College Temple Bar Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (IMMA) Old Jameson Distillery O'Connell Street & The GPO And many more!




A Massive Book Full of FECKIN' IRISH SLANG that's Great Craic for Any Shower of Savages


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The deadliest ever dictionary of Irish slang! Can you tell your cute hoors from your chancers, or your gougers from your gurriers? Do you know a slapper, a snapper, a shaper or a sleeveen when you see one? No? Well, that's coola boola, because we've put together the most massive, mighty and manky collection of Irish slang in history, or at least in donkey's years. So stop acting the maggot and give it a lash! 'Side-splitting ... Irish Slang's the business!' The Sun




Top 20 Things to See and Do in Dublin - Top 20 Dublin Travel Guide


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"20 Things to See and Do in Dublin" is an easy to use, no-nonsense travel guide showing you the 20 best tourist attractions Dublin has to offer. Packed full of interesting and useful information for each attraction, this Dublin travel guide is the ultimate travel accessory for discovering this iconic city! Inside Atsons "20 Things to See and Do in Dublin": Dublin's top 20 tourist attractions listed in order of importance. High quality photos of all the Dublin attractions. Easy to digest descriptions of every attraction. Recommendations of what to see and do to give you a better visiting experience. Attraction highlights include the Guinness Storehouse, Kilmainham Gaol, Trinity College, St. Stephen's Green, and Dublin Zoo. FAQs There are lots of travel guides for Dublin, why should I get this one? If you are looking for an easy-to-read and straight-to-the-point Dublin travel guide, then this is for you. Visiting Dublin's most famous and fascinating attractions is one of the main draws of a trip to Dublin, but with so many to choose from it can be difficult to pick the attractions you want to visit. Unlike most travel guides, this guide focuses on Dublin's 20 best attractions, making your decision on what to see in Dublin that much easier. I've never been to Dublin, will this guide help me? If you've never visited Dublin or plan on visiting but don't know where to go then this Dublin travel guide is the perfect starting point. Dublin has so many interesting and unique places that it can often be difficult to decide where you want to go. This guide is here to help you with that decision by giving you 20 breathtaking tourist attractions to choose from, with the added bonus of the guide being a top 20 list so you'll know exactly where to start your journey. What is the recommended time of visit to Dublin using just this guide? If you're planning on spending a week or less in Dublin, then this guide will be perfect for you. All the attractions have photos, descriptions, historical info, and are listed in order of importance making it easy to plan your trip. If you plan on spending more than a week in Dublin then it is better to purchase a bigger guide.




A Big Pile of Blarney


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The Irish are world masters at talking. The magic behind our silky, colourful (and non-stop) stories is a little thing called 'blarney', or 'the gift of the gab'. But what is it, you ask, and how can you get some for yourself? The hilarious A Big Pile of Blarney takes you through the history of Blarney Castle and the legend of the world-famous Blarney Stone (not to mention the famous lips that have puckered up to it). By the time you've finished reading, you too will be overflowing with beguiling blarney know-how and mellifluous oratorical magnetism!




The Rapture of the Nerds


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From the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunk SF, a brilliant collaboration to rival 1987's The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling




The Feckin' Book of Irish History


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Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here's the REAL skinny on Irish history.




Who's Feckin' Who in Irish History


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Did an Irish monk discover America? Which rebel died of having a feckin' tooth pulled? And who in the name of Jaysus was responsible for the Pledge? If you've ever wondered how much of our rabble-rousing history is true, and how much a load of wojus oul' bull, then look no further. From the great to the gormless, this book is a hilarious parade of the life stories of Ireland's favourite heroes and gougers. Gathered in a collection of the best anecdotes from our chequered past, it will tell you everything you need to know about our writers, revolutionaries, and rogues. You never know - it might help you win the odd pub quiz as well... The Feckin' collection returns with a funny, original and quirky take on some of Ireland's most famous faces! Illustrated with photographs and cartoons, the book covers key Irish figures across the millenia like: William Butler Yeats - Nobel Prize winning poet Saint Patrick - Patron Saint of Ireland Sir Ernest Shacklton - legendary Antarctic explorer Jonathan Swift - the man who wrote Gulliver's Travels Grace O'Mally - the pirate queen who ran Queen Elizabeth's troups ragged Brian Boru - the last High King of Ireland And many more!




Fork in the Road


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When Colin Coyne, a young American filmmaker seeking aesthetic inspiration in Ireland, catches a pickpocket red-handed in a hotel pub, all it takes is one look into her dazzling eyes for him to fall hard ...




The Priest Hunters


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A fascinating investigation the lives of four priest hunters – Sean na Sagart, Edward Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia. Ireland in the aftermath of Cromwell – during this period Catholicism and Irish nationalism became inexorably linked and priests were outlawed. The Priest Hunters shines a light on these men who hunted them. Sean naSagart was Irishman who was been condemned to death for horse stealing but was reprieved on condition he become a priest hunter. Edward Tyrrell was an English mercenary driven solely by greed. Barry Lowe indulged in such acts as tying a priest behind his horse and dragging him through the brush. John Garzia, who had fled the Spanish Inquisition, arrived in Ireland and evidently sought revenge hunting down priests. An incredible account of some of the most hated men in Ireland.