From the bestselling author of Hamlyn's Top 10 of Everything series comes an exclusive collection of 250 unique lists that chronicle the quirks of the Emerald Isle. Discover hundreds of essential, intriguing and bizarre facts about the country's most iconic and curious subjects, including: 10 Irish place-names also found abroad Ireland's 10 most popular visitor attractions 10 great Irishmen that may have never existed 10 great Irish catchphrases 10 Irish Peace Prize Winners 10 famous members of the travelling community 10 words invented in Ireland The unlikely origins of 10 famous Irish songs 10 Irish sporting controversies 10 famous Irish advertising campaigns... plus 240 other fascinating lists in this at-a-glance guide to everything Irish.
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Reviews for Top 10 of Everything 2008: "A must for fact fans" - Daily Mirror "Dazzle friends with knowledge from this gem" - Heat "Fulfilling in its desire to present 10 of everything, whereas Guiness makes do with one" - The Times
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The Top 10 series is a well-established and bestselling brand, with Top 10 of Everything 2008 so far selling over 40,000 copies in the UK alone. Its latest spin-off, Hamlyn's Top 10 for Men, was reprinted only one month after publication, having featured in the Bestseller charts in the run-up to Father's Day. Top Ten of Ireland will appeal to the millions of people living in the UK today who are either from Ireland or have Irish ancestory (it's estimated that as many as 6 million people in the UK have an Irish grandparent).
Ireland's ten most common surnames Northern Ireland's ten most common
surnames Ten famous Irish castles Ten famous Irish haunted locations Ten
Irish High Kings and what they achieved Ten great battles of Irish History
Ten Irish Highwaymen Ten famous Irish criminals Ten Quintessentially Irish
Acronyms Ten Ground breaking Irish Women leaders Ten great Irish-American
politicians Ten Famous Irish Inventors Ten famous Irish explorers Ten
great Irish Playwrights The ten best-selling books published in Ireland
What's in a name, Ten Irish singers you mightn't recognise Ten Irish
entertainers you mightn't recognise The ten best selling Irish Music Acts
Ten Eurovision Performances Ten singles by Irish acts to make Number One
abroad Ten likely Irish Rock Acts for the 2010s Ten Irish Oscar Winners
Ten famous Irish film stars Ten great Irish stage actors The Ten best Irish
films Ten other movies filmed in Ireland Ten famous Irish criminals Ten
famous Irish murder trials Ireland's Ten wealthiest people Ten famous Irish
exports Ireland's top ten TV programmes Ten Gods from Celtic Mythology Ten
Goddesses from Celtic Mythology Ten Irish religious controversies Ten
Saints of Modern Ireland Ten Sports Events named for Irishmen Ten Irish
World Boxing Champions Go Fourth and Compete: Ten Olympic Near Misses Ten
Irish Soccer Stars Ten Irish soccer clubs in Europe Ten Irish Hockey
Stories Ten Irish Grand National Stories Ten Great Irish Jockeys Ten Irish
World Cup Stories Ten Great Irish Rugby Victories Ten Great days for Irish
Cricket Ten greatest Footballers of All Time Ten greatest Hurlers of All
Time Ten greatest Goals in Football Ten Greatest Goals in Hurling Ten
Irish sporting disasters Counties Ranked by Success
Eoghan Corry is an Irish columnist, travel writer, author of sports history, and founding story-editor of the Gaelic Athletic Association Museum at Croke Park, Dublin. He began his journalistic career as a sportswriter with the Irish Times and Sunday Tribune, where he became sports editor and won several awards, and since 2002 has edited Ireland's biggest circulation travel publication, Travel Extra. He is a regular commentator on travel affairs to national newspapers and Irish radio and television, with his weekly travel broadcasts on the RTE 1 radio programme 'Today with Pat Kenny' reaching an average audience of 279,000 listeners.Location: Straffan, Ireland
