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