Ireland: 1001 Things You Need to Know

There has recently been a fashion for popular informative works with titles which state how many representative examples of their subject they have described; I suppose they started with A History of the World in 100 Objects (MacGregor 2010). This method has now been applied to Ireland: the book is probably intended for visitors to the Emerald Isle (both parts of which are included). It is a kind of informal and discursive guidebook, updated to the beginning of 2017.

There are lists about geography, history, politics, religion, literature, sport, tourism, food and drinks, newspapers and television, as well as many...