A Secret Map of Ireland

When the award-winning Irish Times' journalist Rosita Boland was a schoolgirl she had? in common with all Irish children?a map of Ireland. Iconic in its pinks, greens and yellows, the Educational Company map was a staple of the Irish schoolhouse. As the author matured and changed, so did the unique country she grew to know first-hand. With deep affection and curiosity, she followed her very own map from those by-gone schooldays to take the reader on a tour of Ireland, a tour like no other. In 32 colorful essays, Rosita visits each of the counties on the island and brings back tales so unusual that they could only be ‘of Ireland.' This is not your ordinary travel guide! From the monkey who crash-landed an American B-17 en route from Marrakesh to the French mausoleum in Monivea; from Europe's most westerly , and windiest weather station to the Tayto factory in Armagh, this delightful book promises a most unusual, and engaging, exploration of a mad and marvelous land.

Rosita Boland is a journalist with the Irish Times. She lives in Dublin.

Introduction	p. xiii
A Key	p. 1
The Raggedy Bush	p. 7
The Mountains of the Moon	p. 13
The Fuldiew Stone	p. 27
Mr Tayto	p. 33
Millennium Tree	p. 41
The Seven Wonders	p. 47
Bog Train	p. 54
T'ain't-a-Bird and Tojo	p. 59
Borders	p. 66
In Hooks Invading the Sky	p. 73
A Cabinet of Curiosities	p. 80
Croke Park Sand	p. 87
Men Who Could Catch Horses and Rabbits by Running After Them	p. 92
Everything is an Event on an Island	p. 103
Looking Down	p. 109
Puffin Billy	p. 114
No Television, No Cards, No Singing	p. 125
The Far East	p. 130
Dan Donnelly's Arm	p. 142
The One That Didn't Get Away	p. 148
How Goes the Weather at Greenore?	p. 153
A Still Point	p. 159
A Thousand-Year-Old Secret	p. 168
The Temple of Isis	p. 178
The Darkest Midnight	p. 183
A Kitchen Table	p. 192
The Lost Village	p. 202
Everyone at a Lighthouse Fends for Themselves	p. 207
Legendary Hill of the "Faeries"	p. 223
The Cat With Two Tails	p. 231
Crex-Crex	p. 238
Acknowledgments	p. 245
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