Barking Mad
Tales of Liars, Lovers, Loonies
and
Layabouts

Brendan Nolan has been telling stories of local characters and events for as long as anyone would listen to him.

This gathering of tales of strange people he has encountered includes the woman who faced jail over an unpaid dog licence, a man that swam so low in the water that people thought he was a seal and went seal hunting in Lucan, and the woman who insisted that Rock Hudson kissed her one warm night in the valley.

They are all here: from the entrepreneur who tried to sell Miss Elvis a DVD on the phone to the non-blind man who saw turkey feathers fall from the sky when the coalman arrived at Christmas.

Few people realise that an on-the-run Jesse James became a postman in Lucan and fell in love with a local widow.

And not forgetting the streaker who was kidnapped on a stag night, and pleaded not guilty to indecent behaviour.

Brendan's gathering of tales of, liars, lovers, loonies and layabouts was published on November 6, 2008 by Fresh Appeal.
The telling includes more than 30 hilarious tales amongst which are:

Mandrake the Magician
Walking corpse
Plucking the turkey
Jesse James loved my granny
Poor Jack's weather
Undead
I kissed Rock Hudson
No hatchet man
Dreaming a miracle
Dan the moving man
High flying Annie
Private writer
Lash Larrie
Smoking Bonny
Peter petrol
Tunnel of love
The road to Dodsboro
Elvis is on the phone
Kidnapped streaker.

ISBN 978-0-9560810-0-1

A fresh tale is broadcast each week on community radio.

The story is contained within Telling Tales the weekly radio programme for writers and storytellers.

Telling tales is broadcast locally on WDAR 96FM @ 1.30pm on Saturdays. It may be heard online from 7pm on the following Monday

You may purchase the book for home delivery to you here Or, from any of the retail outlets listed on the right. Enjoy.

You may purchase the book for home delivery to you here
Or, from any of the retail outlets listed on the right. Enjoy.

Brendan is also the author of the bestselling Phoenix Park a History and Guidebook here

and... The Irish Companion here

Brendan participates in readings at events, seminars, weekends and summer schools.

He also conducts Telling Your Story seminars for business audiences who need to communicate with the community, clients and crew members to get the message across..

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