Author: Brian Thomsen

Publisher/Date: Potomac Books, 2005, 1st paperback printing

ISBN: 1574887270

Format/Condition: New softcover book is in near fine condition: remainder mark on textblock. 276 pages, index, illustrated.

Description: Irish is more than a nationality – it’s a state of being. What ofther cultural background allows you to demand a kiss, celebrate the wearing of a color, toast the wee folk, and take pride in one’s ire and readiness to fight! The author provides an irreverent but fact-filled look at Ireland and the Irish, leaving no stone-Blarney or otherwise-unturned in bringing her gifts to you.

With a bushel full of top-ten lists of all things Irish, Thomsen takes you on a journey through the greenest of lands and provides tales and anecdotes on everything from pubs and castles, leprechauns and banshees, heroes and kings, and the influence of the Irish on literature, film, television, and more. This book is a true pot of gold!