Mixing fact and fiction the book provides a lively engaging picture of the daily life and special occurrences which helped shape county Clare and its people:

• An Admiral sails for the navy in Spain,
• A miner from Quin finds fortune and fame,
• A man sells his pony in Tír na nÓg,
• A poetry-smitten widow, an executioner rogue.
• An Iceman in Ennis, West Clare in the dock,
• The nun who hid guns under her frock,
• Ghosts at Hag's Head and witchcraft in Feakle,The O'Briens, MacNamaras - and ordinary people.

If you're searching for Dev, or the Warrior Carty,The scandalous daughter of the Widow Mullarkey,For hurling or racing or after-hours beer,If you're looking for Clare, search no more, its here!