Helen Lee Little Book of the Wild Atlantic Way

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Code 9780750992015

Fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about Ireland's beautiful west coast

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Description: Binding: Hardback
Date Published: 28 May 2021
Did you know that the inventor of the submarine was born along the west coast of Ireland, that ships from the Spanish Armada floundered off the Irish Atlantic seaboard and that guns for the 1916 Easter Rising were to be landed at Barna Strand in Co. Kerry but the ship, The Aud, was intercepted by the British Navy? Did you know that there was a plan to smuggle Marie Antoinette from France and away from Madame Guillotine to Dingle, that the Fasnet Rock off the south coast is known as the 'tear drop of Ireland' and that Maureen O'Hara's husband was a flying boat pilot who regularly flew into the flying boat station at Foynes? And did you know that Martello towers were built along the western seaboard during the Napoleonic Wars in case Napoleon tried to invade Great Britain via 'the back door'? This fact-packed little book is full of all sorts of information that will surprise even those who think they know the towns and villages along the Wild Atlantic Way.
About the Author: Helen Lee has a Masters in Public Policy and another in International Tourism. Since 1994 she has worked for a major inbound tour operator, conducting tours of the British Isles. In 2004 she was awarded a Failte Ireland tour guide badge for the Galway region. She is the author of The Little Book of Galway and The Little Book of The Wild Atlantic Way. She lives in Co. Galway.
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This 'Little Book' is the ideal companion book to keep in your glove compartment and to take out and dip into, allowing you to take in more than just the spectacular scenery of The Wild Atlantic Way.
A miscellany of titbits. The timeline chronology outlines how in November 1755 an earthquake in Lisbon led to a tsunami hitting the west coast of Ireland. It resulted in serious flooding, silting up of an estuary at Timoleague in Cork and damaging the Spanish Arch in Galway... * The Irish Times *

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