Irish Wit
From Behan and Wilde to Yer Man in the Pub
2nd Edition
Published on 16. March 2009
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-84717-127-6 (ISBN)
Description
Irish wit is an art form, centuries old yet up-to-the-minute wise, insulting, obscure, profound and idiotic. For years the Irish have mixed wit with wisdom, as they have porter and whiskey, and to the same intoxicating effect!
In this book, Sean McCann has succeeded in distilling the essence of Irish wit - on love, religion, the 'hard stuff', the English, with a generous mix from Behan, Yeats, Swift, Moore, O'Casey, but above all from 'yer man', the leading authority on everything that grows, breeds, thinks or computes in the land.
Spiced with Tom Matthews cartoons
In this book, Sean McCann has succeeded in distilling the essence of Irish wit - on love, religion, the 'hard stuff', the English, with a generous mix from Behan, Yeats, Swift, Moore, O'Casey, but above all from 'yer man', the leading authority on everything that grows, breeds, thinks or computes in the land.
Spiced with Tom Matthews cartoons
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Illustrations
10 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84717-127-6 (9781847171276)
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Sean McCann was a distinguished author and journalist. He wrote more than 25 books covering a wide range of subjects ranging from roses to Irish history and sport. His main hobby was rose growing, for which he was awarded many international prizes. He lived in Dublin and was the father of prize-winning author Colum McCann.