Foster's Irish Oddities

A Miscellany of Strange Facts and Vital Irrelevances

Allen Foster (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2025
Gill Books (Verlag)
9781804582299 (ISBN)

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This addictive, fascinating and humorous book is an indispensable collection of Irish trivia, history and uncommon knowledge. Presented in short, digestible entries and engagingly written throughout, this revised edition contains much of the original classic with additional content selected from Foster’s Even Odder Irish Oddities, making this the most comprehensive edition to date.

Meet the first and only person to attempt to steal the Crown Jewels, and marvel at Paddy the pigeon, the first bird to fly back with news of the D-Day landings. From the Church of Ireland bishop who was devoted to God by day and robbed people as a highwayman by night to the County Waterford farmer who never wore anything other than white linen, this book is a veritable feast of facts and figures.

Allen Foster lives on a farm in Enfield, Co. Meath. When not tending to his cattle or walking his beloved dogs, he finds the time to be a freelance journalist and researcher. Amongst his other publications are Historical Irish Oddities and Around the World with Citizen Train: The Sensational Adventures of the Real Phileas Fogg.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.03.2025
Verlagsort	Dublin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 197 mm
Gewicht	305 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-13	9781804582299 / 9781804582299
Zustand	Neuware