Written by David Kenny, the author of The Little Buke of Dublin: Or How To Be A Real Dub . . . and Evening Herald senior associate editor . . . has applied his quirky and entertaining brand of humour to the rest of the country. Crammed into 125 "rambling essays", the book offers the good, the bad and the extremes of Ireland, promising to "amuse, educate, annoy and misguide you in equal measure".

Erindipity sets out to provide "everything you want to know about Ireland but were afraid to ask". But it also answers a lot of other questions that you would never even have thought of asking . . . such as 'where is the best place to get loved up if you're a GAA fan' (answer: Croke Park and not Nowlan Park, which with all that corrugated roofing, is "too echoey") and what are the best biscuits for Irish Dancers (answer: the jaffa cake).

The health conscious can find out the worst place to live if they have a weak chest, or the best place to survive a nuclear attack. The history buff can brush up on Ireland's shortest-lived Soviet or the rebel haircuts of the United Irishmen leadership in 1798 (who shears to speak of '98? ), while the trivia lover can submerge him or herself in the identity of the smallest church, the highest waterfall and the crowd who made the loudest recorded roar in an outdoor stadium.

And that's just a tiny sample; it's Ireland, Jim, but not as we know it.