The Home Book of Irish Humor
Author | : John McCarthy |
Publisher | : Dodd Mead |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9780396084266 |
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Author | : John McCarthy |
Publisher | : Dodd Mead |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9780396084266 |
Author | : Aubrey Malone |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2012-11-15 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1780337981 |
This bumper collection of Irish humour covers topics such as Absenteeism and Zoos and everything in between. It would be disappointing should such a large collection not include the best of famous Irish wits such as Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, but the emphasis is very much on contemporary Irish humour from the likes of Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Ardal O'Hanlon and Dara O'Briain, to name just a few. Lunatic, iconoclastic and, as Spike Milligan might have put it, involving 'sideways thinking', this is Irish humour at its very best.
Author | : Gerd De Ley |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-03-01 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1578269245 |
The greatest collection of Irish wit, wisdom and humor ever published. The best of humorous quotes, witty observations, and funny one-liners from those hailing from the Emerald Isle. "Ireland sober is Ireland stiff." Irish Wit, Wisdom & Humor collects over 1000 witticisms, musings, deep thoughts, and one-liners from and about Ireland and its people. It features hundreds of authors, poets, comedians, actors, politicians and many more that best represent the Emerald Isle including James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Bono, Edna O'Brien, C.S. Lewis, Sinead O'Connor, George Bernard Shaw, and many others.
Author | : Larry Wilde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : 9780523404127 |
Author | : Don Lee Fred Nilsen |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996-10-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0313295514 |
Ireland has generated an inordinately large number of storytellers, and Irish short stories bear a striking resemblance to Irish jokes. The tradition of telling jokes and stories in pubs resulted in the core of Irish-written literature, and many Irish short stories have the same narrative structure as the jokes on which they are based. This reference is a comprehensive guide to humor in Irish literature from the 16th century to the present day. An introductory essay discusses the essential nature of Irish humor, and how Irish humor developed out of pain and tragedy that resulted in a diaspora. The chapters that follow are devoted to particular centuries. Each chapter includes entries for individual authors, with entries arranged chronologically to show the development of humor over time. Each entry discusses the nature of humor in the author's works and includes a bibliography. A detailed index allows alphabetical access to information on authors and subjects.
Author | : Henry D. Spalding |
Publisher | : Jonathan David Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Irish wit and humor |
ISBN | : 9780824604837 |
This delightful volume by a renowned expert on ethnic humor presents the choicest of Irish poetry, limericks, anecdotes, jokes, and words of wisdom. It's all here: the loving, the fighting, the drinking, the praying, the struggling, and the laughing.
Author | : Maeve Higgins |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2018-08-07 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0143130161 |
“If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins.” —Glamour A startlingly hilarious essay collection about one woman’s messy path to finding her footing in New York City, from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins Maeve Higgins was a bestselling author and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of thirty-one, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more and found herself in New York City. Together, the essays in Maeve in America create a smart, funny, and revealing portrait of a woman who aims for the stars but sometimes hits the ceiling and the inimitable city that helped make her who she is. Here are stories of not being able to afford a dress for the ball, of learning to live with yourself while you’re still figuring out how to love yourself, of the true significance of realizing what sort of shelter dog you would be. Self-aware and laugh-out-loud funny, this collection is also a fearless exploration of the awkward questions in life, such as: Is clapping too loudly at a gig a good enough reason to break up with somebody? Is it ever really possible to leave home? “Maeve Higgins is hilarious, poignant, conversational, and my favorite Irish import since U2. You’re in for a treat.” —Phoebe Robinson
Author | : Des MacHale |
Publisher | : Mercier PressLtd |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781856352598 |
A collection of playful jokes about Irish Kerrymen.
Author | : Myles Byrne |
Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2019-02-21 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1789290333 |
'An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than "a bad turn" and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is "good drying weather".' Hugh Leonard The people of Ireland are renowned for their wit, and they have migrated from Ireland to most corners of the world, taking that famous sense of humour with them. Modern comedians and comic writers as varied as Dylan Moran, Sharon Horgan, Tommy Tiernan, Alison Spittle, Graham Linehan and Ed Byrne have their own distinctive ways of celebrating and mocking their origins while still occasionally acknowledging the traditional 'paddywackery' (meaning the rain-soaked, Guinness-sodden Oirish stereotype of old). The roots of Irish humour are much more complex: for centuries classic Irish writers have used black humour and sarcasm, ranging from the satires of Jonathan Swift, George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde through to the hilarity of J.P. Donleavy and the sublime nonsense of Flann O'Brien and Spike Milligan ('Many people die of thirst but the Irish are born with one.') This collection combines a pinch of traditional Irish humour, from shamrocks to limericks, and blarney stones to drinking stories, mixed with distinctly modern one-liners, quips and quotes from the best of the current crop of humorists, along with sections on the Irish mammy, literary feuds and putdowns and epitaphs.
Author | : Colm O'Regan |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2013-10-14 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1448170192 |
Colm O’Regan’s massive bestseller Isn’t It Well For Ye? The Book of Irish Mammies brought the wonderful world of the Irish Mammy to homes across Ireland, where it took pride of place alongside the good scissors and the bit of string that might come in handy someday. And now, before you can say “Is it that time already?”, Irish Mammy is back with more words of wisdom. That’s More Of It Now: The Second Book of Irish Mammies takes us even deeper into this parallel universe, with advice on everything from how to tell Mammy she is about to become a Granny to how to discipline a child (aged 0–45), touching on Irish Mammies’ role in the worlds of sport, the workplace, technology, religion and culture. Enjoy popular fairy-tales retold with an Irish Mammy at the centre of them; marvel at exclusive, not-yet-released scenes from the epic Game of Scones; and find some essential apps for the Modern Mammy’s tablet. Probably the most important sequel since The Godfather Part II, or at least Fifty Shades Darker, That’s More Of It Now will find a place in everybody’s heart (and stocking). Just don’t leave it on a damp step.