Ireland of the Welcomes

A light-hearted introduction to another intricate and complicated business. As the adage said "How do I know what I think 'til I hear what I say!" Hookers, quarks, eskers, strawboys and stations - you'd be surprised what Paddy Sammon has to say about all of these words commonly used in Ireland - which you mistakenly thought you understood perfectly - and 1,995 others, many familiar to English-speakers, some new and strange. Ah, well, by way of recovery from your studious labours, as Flann O'Brien (there was a wordsmith) wrote "Do you know what it is I'm going to tell you? A pint of plain is your only man."