Find out what the gaeilgeoir means when he/she uses the Irish words for ‘nerdy’, ‘well-hung’, ‘effing and blinding’, ‘slimeball’ or ‘drop-dead-gorgeous’? It’s all there, with numerous entries under the letters C and F. Already a cult hit, Kiss My... will appeal to the Irish-language student and the open-minded traveller alike.

Garry Bannister set up the first Department of Modern Irish at Moscow State University in the late 1970s, where he also lectured while completing his PhD. He is the author of Essential Irish, Foclóir an Fhoghlaimeora, Teasáras na Gaeilge among many others. More recently, his work includes the perennially popular Proverbs in Irish and the first comprehensive translation of Zen koans in English and Irish, A Path Home – Conair Siar, both published by New Island.