More pertinently, Inish resembles a state of mind--and since the mind has a tendency to wander, it's not unnatural that certain scenes take place in Australia, Iceland, and the desolate Arrack Mines.

As oblique and deliciously Irish as Joyce and Beckett, and drawing upon the time warps of Flann O'Brien, Bernard Share has composed an hallucinatory and comic romp through Ireland past and present.

In all, this edition is 25 per cent longer than its predecessor. It will confirm Bernard Share's invaluable book in its position as the major work of its kind, combining scholarship and a keen sense of fun.

Doolally, on the batter, Belfast confetti, pure mule, crawthumper, flag hopper and fecker come here till I tell you!

The theory and practice of Irish name-giving has developed in many directions, and it is the purpose of this book to attempt to document, discuss and characterize some of the more significant of these.

This study documents the social, political, and strategic role of the railways in the Irish Civil War.

The theory and practise of Irish name-giving has developed in many directions, and it is the purpose of this book to attempt to document, discuss and characterise some of the more significant of these.

This book tells the story of perhaps the most significant social and regional initiative in the history of Ireland.