General catalogue - The O'Brien Press
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HUMOUR: COLIN MURPHY & DONAL O’DEA<br />
NEW<br />
<strong>The</strong> Eurovision Song<br />
Contest.<br />
Yeah, yeah, you hate the Eurovision.<br />
That’s what they all say. And that’s why<br />
about a third of the population admitted to tuning<br />
in for the 2011 show, and if you exclude a l the little<br />
chisellers who were in the land of nod and include<br />
a l those who didn’t admit to watching, probably<br />
about ninety percent of the adult population were<br />
glued to their sets. So no more of the ‘Eurovision is<br />
crap’ bu lshit!<br />
It’s quite astonishing<br />
that the Eurovision<br />
draws such gansey<br />
loads of viewers considering<br />
that the lyrics<br />
of past winners have<br />
included such profound gems as ‘La la la la la la la<br />
la la la la la la la la la la la etc’ and such scholastic<br />
titles as ‘Ding ding a dong’ and ‘Diggey Loo Diggi<br />
Ley’. But who are we to laugh, as, when Dana first<br />
won the contest for Ireland back in 1970, she was<br />
welcomed home to Ireland with roughly the same<br />
Packing the ‘makings<br />
of a fry’ to take on<br />
holiday.<br />
As Irish people we enjoy mocking<br />
the prevalence of restaurants and<br />
bars in sunny holiday resorts<br />
that loudly advertise ‘English<br />
Fish ’n Chips here!’ written on<br />
a large British Union flag.<br />
‘I mean, for Jaysus’ sake, what are the<br />
English like?’ we tut-tut, and shake our heads<br />
despondently at our neighbours’ lack of sophistication.<br />
Here they are, in Spain or Italy, home to an<br />
infinite variety of wonderful tapas or pasta dishes<br />
and wines to die for, and what do they do but sit<br />
around a l day stuffing their faces with greasy, battered<br />
smoked cod and chips and quaffing pints of<br />
Carling Red Label? Having<br />
expressed our disgust and<br />
amusement at the sight, many<br />
of us Irish then promptly head<br />
back to our holiday apartments,<br />
dig out the Galtee<br />
More Stuff Irish People Love<br />
Do you take the ‘makings of a fry’ on holidays? Worship Ray<br />
Houghton? Know your twenty-seventh cousin? Did you visit the<br />
moving statue at Ballinspittle? Is the red man at a pedestrian<br />
crossing a challenge rather than a caution? <strong>The</strong>n you’re Irish.<br />
And if you haven’t a clue what the above is all about, fork out the<br />
spondulilcks and buy this book. Try to fit in, for Jaysus’ sake!<br />
160 pages/photographs<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-355-3<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
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Colin Murphy and Donal O’Dea have worked<br />
together as a team for over a decade and have<br />
won more awards for creative advertising than any<br />
other team in Irish advertising/marketing.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are the co-creators of<br />
the bestselling Stuff Irish People Love<br />
and the Feckin’ collection.<br />
Stuff Irish People Love<br />
<strong>The</strong> Definitive Guide to the Unique<br />
Passions of the Paddies<br />
Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade,<br />
change into your swimming togs under a towel<br />
on the beach or find yourself admiring ‘the<br />
grand stretch in the evenings’? <strong>The</strong>n this book,<br />
jammed with hilarious reflections on what it is<br />
to be Irish, will have you nodding in agreement<br />
with every turn of the page. And for those who<br />
don’t have the good fortune to come from the<br />
Emerald Isle, it will explain a lot!<br />
176 pages/photographs/<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-285-3/Rights available W<br />
NEW<br />
A22<br />
Feckin’ Book of Irish Stuff: Céilís,<br />
Claddagh rings, Leprechauns & Other<br />
Aul’ Blarney<br />
Shamrocks, shillelaghs ... as Irish as<br />
spaghetti is Italian. But what’s behind<br />
the symbols? Put down the bodhran,<br />
throw on your Aran jumper and take a<br />
gander at this hilarious collection of Irish<br />
stuff. And if ye don’t get great craic out<br />
of this book, what kind of yoke are ye, at<br />
all, at all!<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-240-2<br />
80 pages/cartoons<br />
€6.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Feckin’ book of Irish History<br />
for anyone who hasn’t been paying<br />
attention for the last 30,000 years<br />
<strong>The</strong> Big Fella, the Long Fella and lots<br />
of English Oul’ Fellas. Gun-Running at<br />
Howth; Wind-surfing at Lahinch; Aer<br />
Lingus and the Flight of the Earls; the<br />
EEC, IRA, Celtic Tiger – RIP. You’ll never<br />
find history boring again! Wacky cartoon<br />
illustrations.<br />
256 pages/cartoons/ISBN 978-1-84717-069-9<br />
€12.99 hb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN<br />
<strong>The</strong> Feckin’ Book of Irish Love<br />
From Adultery to Virginity and all the<br />
Wobbly Bits in between<br />
From Abstinence to Viagra via Fallen<br />
Women, Bachelor Festivals and scoring<br />
in Croke Park, an uncensored romp<br />
through the morals and manners of the<br />
Irish.<br />
124 pages/colour cartoons<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-099-6<br />
€12.99 hb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Book of Feckin’ Irish Trivia<br />
More trivia about Ireland than you ever<br />
needed to know!<br />
Distract yourself from doom-and-gloom with<br />
useless information. Guaranteed to make<br />
you a hit at parties or gatherings of more<br />
than one person! Jam-packed with facts,<br />
cartoons and daft but true details that will<br />
make you say ‘Get away outta dat!’<br />
128 pages/cartoons<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-191-7<br />
€4.99 pb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN<br />
iPaddy<br />
Irish Slang Guide<br />
Lighter than a book, more erudite than yer<br />
average TD and more fun than a bad dose of<br />
the scutters: your iPhone can now teach you<br />
how to speak like a real Irish aul fella (or aul<br />
wan: no offence).<br />
Over 150 phrases, cartoons, top quality audio<br />
Available worldwide from the iStore<br />
Also available for Nokia mobile devices iPaddy:<br />
Irish Slang Guide. Available worldwide from the<br />
Ovi Store.<br />
What are we feckin’ like?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Book of Irish Characters<br />
So you believed that oul’ rubbish about<br />
the Irish being a drunken, slow-witted race<br />
of loveable male rogues and red-haired,<br />
virginal lassies? Here is the real low-down<br />
on Irish characters.<br />
96 pages/colour cartoons<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-060-6<br />
€12.95 hb<br />
Rights available W