IRELAND: Amazing and Extraordinary Facts

Where is Ireland's answer to the Taj Mahal? What is the world's longest running chat show? Who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons? Embracing legends and folklore, wonderful wordsmiths, giant steps to baby steps, the Emerald Isle has naturally preserved bog men, produced leprechauns, the Irish wolfhound, the Holy Trinity and its importance in the spread of Christianity, the Book of Kells, Waterford crystal, Irish stout, RMS Titanic, Gaelic football, and the National Ploughing Championships, the Rose of Tralee, bridges over the Liffey, Cork and the Model T Ford to the Riverdance phenomenon. Here are insights into the many characters, legends, laws and inventions that have shaped a nation. 144pp, woodcut and other illus.