Ingenious Ireland guidebook
Our walking tours and audio guides are based on our original guidebook, Ingenious Ireland, which takes readers on an odyssey around Ireland’s natural and ingenious treasures.
The definitive guide to Ireland’s natural, scientific and industrial heritage.
In a 32 county tour, the book explores intriguing inventions and discoveries, fascinating fossils and landscapes, and much more besides. You’ll be amazed what you learn about each county. Stories include: why half of Ireland really belongs to North America, and why Connemara rain is so salty. Why the shamrock is a sham, and the Dublin Bay prawn is a fraud.
Complete with maps, and packed with illustrations, as well as details of what to see and places to visit.
Ingenious Ireland won a number of awards, including the Science Journalist of the Year Award, and the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland publication award. (It’s not just a geeks guide, though they’ll love it too!)
Ingenious Ireland Online for schools
The book also inspired an interactive online educational resource, Ingenious Ireland Online. This links Irish inventions, discoveries and natural wonders to the Junior Cert Science curriculum. It was developed with help from the Junior Science Support Service, and combines interactive investigations, educational resources and careers information for students and life-long learners.
We hope to publish a new edition of the book in 2011. Meanwhile, you can buy Ingenious Ireland on Amazon
Hardback, 496 pages, including maps, index, illustrations. Rrp €35 ISBN-13: 978-1860591457
More about Mary’s other books here.
A native Dubliner and award-winning heritage writer, Mary Mulvihill is an enthusiastic storyteller. Her guidebook, Ingenious Ireland, won a number of awards. 