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In 'The Height of Nonsense' Paul Clements recounts his journey through the 32 counties of Ireland along the Great Mountain Roads and the eccentric characters he encountered along the way, including Cathy Rea, a woman who can see - and even smell - fairies.
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Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Author's Note xi Map xii Part I 1 1 The Mountain of Shape-shifting Sexuality 2 2 Sperrin's Hospitable Dunghills 19 3 The Rolling Jungle Drumlins 37 4 No Cheese, No Sheep, No Mushrooms 55 5 The Grey Bald One 67 6 Mountain Ears and Cramponed Sheep 82 7 Oiled in Boyle 90 8 The Benwiskin Bull 114 Part II 132 9 Spinning Yarns in Oldcastle 133 10 The Lowest Highest 147 11 Coming Round the Mountain 159 12 Galloping Through Turbulent Tipperary 178 13 The Witch of the Knockmealdowns 206 14 Cafoodling around Cork 216 15 Waiting for Gheraun-tuel 230 Part III 248 16 Ballymore Useless to Stupidstown 249 17 The Tug of Lug 275 18 The Carlow Pterodactyls 287 19 Murder on the Hill 310 20 Mighty Trostan 327 21 Close Encounters of the Chopper Kind 341 22 Terrifying Covey of Giants 359 Glossary 369 Select Bibliography 371 Index 377
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PAUL CLEMENTS began his journalistic career with the Tyrone Constitution newspaper in Omagh in 1976 and later joined BBC Radio Foyle in Derry. He has worked for the BBC World Service Radio and National Television News in London. Clements is passionate about the mountains of Ireland and has been walking them for more than 25 years. His interests also include travel, reading, music, bird watching and wild flowers. Paul is married with one son and lives in Belfast. The Height of Nonsense is his second travel book about Ireland.
