The Toxic Travel Guide: Ireland as You’ve Never Seen It Before

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I spoke about that in the Clondalkin video. So it's just weird little things like that people kind of appreciate," he says. Everyone asks how I know so much about Ireland and I always tell them that I've lived thousands of lives. I'm like a family of cats; I don't have nine lives, I have 81. A lot of the wisdom is just wisdom that I've made up on the spot. A lot of it is true because I've said it's true so it must be," he explains, dryly. But he was always so kind to me and so encouraging, you know... He was a straight talker. So I knew what he was telling me was the truth. And that really gave me so much encouragement." I love how he rants and raves," he says of the latter. "He'd be a big, big inspiration as well. He's very dark usually, yeah." Passion for writing It was a place that had piqued McNamara's curiosity ever since playing the Irish version of Monopoly as a child. He had never heard of it before. Did it even exist?

If you threw it at someone's house it would probably break a window," he agrees. "It's pretty hefty." But the sociology and psychology student has some deeper motivations too, other than simply entertaining.

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People generally love when you're talking about things that they know, and things that maybe haven't been spoken about," he says. Did you know people from Galway have a genetic defect that makes them think they built Supermacs themselves? I meditated every morning, I still do, but I would listen to some of these guided meditations and just listen to how - can I swear? - listen to how full of s**t they were. And then I thought, 'I can be full of s**t too', so I started doing comedy meditations where I put on the spiritual voice," he laughs. The Wonder: Westmeath actress Niamh Algar on film about a feverishly religious, post-Famine Ireland McNamara counts the late US comedian George Carlin as one of his heroes – a man who was certainly never afraid to mix comedy with a social or political agenda.

He says he also loved watching videos from Irish comedian and artist Hugh Cooney as a kid, and is a huge fan of the American stand-up Tim Dillon. As well as writing, shooting, narrating and editing his videos, Frankie says that "about 90 per cent" of his green screen clips feature music he made himself. Not only that, but he is currently attending Maynooth University to study a degree in Psychology and Sociology. READ NEXT - All 142 movies and TV shows leaving Netflix UK and Ireland in November Read More Related Articles A satirical take on online wellness gurus later morphed into something different: an alternative guide to well-known locations in Dublin and beyond. He may already have a book published, but the third year Maynooth student says he has no plans to stop producing online content anytime soon.But people are just so kind, and so friendly. And it's such an honour to be able to give people a laugh. Not everyone, but like some people. Frankie McNamara’s first book, The Toxic Travel Guide: Ireland As You've Never Seen It Before is out now You know, he really, really encouraged me to continue writing. I didn't have him in fifth and sixth year, but I used to just get him in between classes and go, 'Here, look at this.'