Got some time on your hands before you hit Dublin's famous pubs? Then you need this book, an invaluable guide to thirty 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 landmarks 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!

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!

«This is a deadly compendium of all your favourite feckin' books. Do you know the difference between a bowsie and a cute hoor? Can you sing all the words to «Raggle Taggle Gypsy» or whip up a Beef and Guinness casserole with a side of Boxty? If these questions have you scratching your head, then look no further. Discover how feckin' deadly Irish Slang can be, find out why plastic-wrap played a vital role in the sex lives of the Irish in the seventies, learn the words to the most beloved Irish songs and get the recipes for the most famous and delicious Irish dishes. «The Feckin' Book of Everything Irish» is a laughter-filled guide to the genuine culture of Ireland.»

As a serious study of the nuances of the English language as spoken in Ireland, this book is as useful as tits on a bull. On the other hand, if you'd like to have a baldy of understanding the various expressions you regularly hear around Ireland, you'd have to be a few brassers short of a whorehouse to ignore it. So stall the ball there! Whether you're a fine doorful of a woman or you're so hungry you'd eat an oul' wan's arse through a blackthorn bush, this invaluable collection of Ireland's most treasured (and irreverent) sayings is definitely worth having a gander at.