Weird Ireland - by Brinsley McNamara

Book Synopsis

A hill in County Down that cars roll up?
A bridge in County Mayo that plays music?
A chair that can cure madness in County Louth?
Giant monster sightings on the lakes and seas of Ireland?
The sensational Summer of the moving Mary statue in County Cork?
Even Irish ice pop lore?

From the social media phenomenon Weird Ireland comes a journey through strange and fascinating stories from across the island, as Brinsley McNamara shares his oddity obsession in the distinctive voice fans have come to love - witty, precise and straight up weird.

UFOs and fairy forts, whispering arches and matchmaking festivals, relics and Sheela na Gigs, standing stones and moving statues, lake monsters and healing rocks, it's all featured in this strictly off-the-beaten-track journey into the bizarre.

Featuring illustrations by acclaimed Dublin illustrator Eoin Whelehan, this is a book to be cherished by all seekers of the strange, rare and peculiar.

Review Quotes

Weird Island sits right at the intersection of folklore, mythology, history, and geography, and offers a fun and accessible way to explore the parts of Ireland that lurk just beyond the well-worn paths of Blarney Stones and Guinness Tours.--Thom Dunn, Boing Boing

About the Author

Brinsley McNamara is a writer, video maker and adventurer. He is the protagonist of the Weird Ireland social media channel where he wanders around the Emerald Isles looking for weird and fascinating stuff to document and quests to complete. He plans on clearing Ireland before moving onto elsewhere.
Brinsley hails from County Westmeath, a place immortalised in the book The Valley of the Squinting Windows by Brinsley MacNamara, who also hailed from the same spot.
This is his first book.