How to Be Irish: (Even If You Already Are)

by Rosemary Rogers, Sean Kelly, Sean Kelly

Luck has nothing to do with it Of course you want to be Irish. Look what it did for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sinead, Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, JFK, Seamus Heaney, Angela's Ashes, and all those Riverdancers. But until now, the secrets of how to be Irish have been hidden in a Celtic Twilight of blather and blarney. Now this easy-to-read (with plenty o' pictures) handbook dares to tell you: How to have an Irish name How to talk, look, and act Irish How to vote Irish How to have thin skin, a terrible temper, and the gift of gab Whether you're proudly Irish, anti-Irish, fallen-away Irish, or would-be Irish--that is to say, if you're a living, breathing human being--How to Be Irish is for you. Learn (to your surprise) who's really Irish and who's only passing Discover (to your astonishment) your own underground Irish roots And brace yourself, Bridget, for the shocking (if brief) history of Irish-American sex

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375752366
• ISBN13: 9780375752360
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Witty

Amusing & fun, for those of us in the US who have some Irish in their blood. Both the usual jokes, some history, & a few hilarious digs at those of us who take our ancestry too seriously..i.e. the "Stage Irish".