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Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Ireland takes you on an absorbing journey around Ireland to unearth the adventures, inventions, legends, firsts and birthplaces that have shaped the unique history of Ireland.



From Baltimore to Barbary, Titanic to Shergar, and even the myth of the Aran jumper, this intriguing compendium of facts and stories will give you a captivating insight into The Emerald Isle, and the ideas and events that have shaped the individual identity of this remarkable country.







Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

Ireland

1 The Emerald Isle 12



2 Giant steps and baby steps 13



3 Older than the Pyramids! 15



4 Veni, vidi, vici! Or maybe not... 17



5 Natural preservatives 19



6 Land of the little people 20



7 Here, boy! 21



8 May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you 24



9 A medieval treasure 26



10 A long time ago, on an island far, far away... 28



11 Battle of the boozers 29



12 Urbs Intacta: the Untaken City 31



13 From Castle to Kingdom 33



14 The gift of the gab 36



15 Who run the world? Girls! 38



16 Ireland's most famous head-case 39



17 Soldiers in petticoats 41



18 From Baltimore to Barbary 44



19 Parklife 46



20 A pint of the black stuff 48



21 Bliain ai air: the year of the slaughter 50



22 To the White House 53



23 Probably the most famous glass in the world 56



24 Stand up and be counted 58



25 Monster meetings! 58



26 Ireland's national necropolis 61



27 The Unsung Hero 64



28 Keogh's Last Stand 67



29 Green, white and orange 68



30 'Til death do us part... 70



31 'We are Alcock and Brown. Yesterday we were in America.' 72



32 Watch the tram car please 74



33 Boycott! 77



34 Stranger than fiction 80



35 Death of a language 82



36 There's no such thing as fairies 84



37 Knit one, purl one 86



38 Leave your jewels and gold wands in the bank and buy a revolver 89



39 But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you... 91



40 SOS Titanic calling Harland & Wolff and The RMS Titanic 93



41 We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland... 97



42 Down with this sort of thing! 100



43 The men of Ireland were hurling when the Gods of Greece were young 102



44 If you built it, they will come 104



45 The Field 106



46 Those magnificent men in their flying machines 108



47 She was lovely and fair like the rose of the summer 110



48 The case for humanity 111



49 The Taking of Christ 113



50 'Ladies and Gentlemen, to whom it concerns, it's The Late Late Show...' 115



51 Who stole the horse? 117



52 I did it the Wild Atlantic Way 119



53 Yes Equality! 122



54 Like a bridge over Liffey waters 125



55 From feen to Ford 129



56 We all stand together! 130



57 Between the jigs and the reels 131