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This addictive, fascinating and humourous little book,
resembling Schott’s Miscellany, is an indispensable collection of Irish
trivia, history, uncommon knowledge and vital irrelevances that is the
perfect stocking filler for the Irish market in 2006. It is presented in a
handsome volume, with line drawings, making it the ideal gift for
Christmas.
resembling Schott’s Miscellany, is an indispensable collection of Irish
trivia, history, uncommon knowledge and vital irrelevances that is the
perfect stocking filler for the Irish market in 2006. It is presented in a
handsome volume, with line drawings, making it the ideal gift for
Christmas.
Teasers for tasters!
The tallest twins recorded were the Knipe brothers (b. 1761) of
Magherafelt, Derry, who measured 7ft 2inches
Muckanaghederdauhaulia, Galway, is the longest placename in Ireland
To prepare for the World Monopoly Championships in October 2000, Ireland’s
Nigerian-born champion, Ekumdayo Badmus, changed his surname to O’Badmus to
make it sound more ‘Irish’
The word record for riveting is 11,209 in 9 hours by J. Moir at the Workman
Clark Ltd shipyard, Belfast, in June 1918
The world’s oldest known manuscript of the New Testament is in the Chester
Beatty Library, Dublin
About the Author
Allen Foster, a native of Enfield, County Meath, is a writer and
researcher. He is the author of Around the World with Citizen Train
(Dublin. 2002) and a biography of the eccentric American who inspired Jules
Verne’s fictional hero Phileas Fogg.
researcher. He is the author of Around the World with Citizen Train
(Dublin. 2002) and a biography of the eccentric American who inspired Jules
Verne’s fictional hero Phileas Fogg.
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