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Uncover the oddities and eccentricities at the heart of Irish popular culture and society, providing a kaleidoscopic view of both major and obscure moments in Irish culture
Pop Culchie is a brilliantly funny and affectionate exploration of the wonderfully strange moments that make up modern Irish popular culture, from Daniel O'Donnell and iodine tablets to national moral panics, forgotten pop acts, and those charmingly Irish scandals that somehow become front-page news.
How did one of Ireland's top-selling pop groups vanish into obscurity? What turned the missing passport of a young Derry girl into a national scandal? Why does Ireland have a martial arts movie set in Meath? Whatever happened to the Fat Frog ice cream? And why did Ireland once have an annual competition to crown the "Housewife of the Year", awarding its winner a gas cooker? This and many other mysteries and conundrums are answered in this fascinating, hilarious book! Páraic Kerrigan is an author, researcher and Assistant Professor at University College Dublin, where he teaches on LGBTQ Irish culture. His most recent book Reeling in The Queers was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in 2024. Uncover the oddities and eccentricities at the heart of Irish popular culture and society, providing a kaleidoscopic view of both major and obscure moments in Irish culture For readers of books that poke fun at Irish culture, such as Irish Mammies, Motherfocloir, Waterford Whispers or Weird Ireland Appeal to Christmas gifting market and tourist market Irish people have a deep love of nostalgia Perfect gift pick-up at till areas, gifting tables
Pop Culchie is a brilliantly funny and affectionate exploration of the wonderfully strange moments that make up modern Irish popular culture, from Daniel O'Donnell and iodine tablets to national moral panics, forgotten pop acts, and those charmingly Irish scandals that somehow become front-page news.
How did one of Ireland's top-selling pop groups vanish into obscurity? What turned the missing passport of a young Derry girl into a national scandal? Why does Ireland have a martial arts movie set in Meath? Whatever happened to the Fat Frog ice cream? And why did Ireland once have an annual competition to crown the "Housewife of the Year", awarding its winner a gas cooker? This and many other mysteries and conundrums are answered in this fascinating, hilarious book! Páraic Kerrigan is an author, researcher and Assistant Professor at University College Dublin, where he teaches on LGBTQ Irish culture. His most recent book Reeling in The Queers was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in 2024. Uncover the oddities and eccentricities at the heart of Irish popular culture and society, providing a kaleidoscopic view of both major and obscure moments in Irish culture For readers of books that poke fun at Irish culture, such as Irish Mammies, Motherfocloir, Waterford Whispers or Weird Ireland Appeal to Christmas gifting market and tourist market Irish people have a deep love of nostalgia Perfect gift pick-up at till areas, gifting tables