This new collection about Kerry represents a county which has produced leading national figures, such as Daniel O'Connell and Dick Spring, and has been at the centre of numerous critical news-making events in Irish life. The book is divided into a variety of sections such as politics, sport, the demon drink, marriage, humour and emigration; it journeys from the sublime to the ridiculous, stopping off at assorted stations in between. Contributions are from well-known Kerry writers - the 'usual suspects' - to memoirs, journals and anthologies below the general radar. Masters of literature such as Con Houlihan, John B. Keane, Brendan Kennelly, and John Millington Synge are quoted, alongside other, less well-known sources who all add colour to this portrait of the kingdom. Within these pages you will find a connection between Kilgarvan and Martin Luther King Jnr, Dingle and Dolly Parton, Killarney and Brendan Behan. Even the handsome Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney gets a few words in.
- ISBN10 1781173370
- ISBN13 9781781173374
- Publish Date 6 November 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint The Mercier Press Ltd
- Edition UK ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English
- URL http://mercierpress.ie/irish-books/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-kerry/