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The Feckin' Book of Irish History

for anyone who hasn't been paying attention for the last 30,000 years

Colin Murphy author Donal O'Dea author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:O'Brien Press Ltd

Published:16th Mar '09

Should be back in stock very soon

The Feckin' Book of Irish History cover

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

Invasions, Emergencies, one Big Rising, all sorts of Troubles; the Siege of Limerick (continuing), Paddy of the Snakes, Niall of the Nine Hostages, The Big Fella, The Long Fella, Aer Lingus and the Flight of the Earls, Daniel O’Connell, Wolfe Tone and other singers, Gun-running at Howth, Wind-surfing at Lahinch; the IRB, the IRA, the EEC, the GAA, the Celtic Tiger, RIP.

With illustrations that put the Book of Kells in the ha’penny place.

'the 10th book in O’Brien’s best-selling Feckin’ series'

-- Irish Independent

'like its forerunners it’s a riot'

-- Irish Independent

'hilarious'

-- Books Ire

ISBN: 9781847170699

Dimensions: 190mm x 125mm x 25mm

Weight: 331g

256 pages