‘Lonely Planet’ reveals miracle of Glendalough

Ireland has made it into the ultimate collection of the world’s most perplexing signs.

Lonely Planet’s latest book — Ultimate Signspotting: Absurd and Amusing Signs From Around the World — contains three confounding signs from the Irish landscape.

One unintentionally funny sign in Glendalough in Wicklow appears to tell visitors they can walk on water, while a sign spotted in Dublin simply reading ‘Temporary Sign’ also made the new publication from the travel bible.

Travel writer Doug Lansky collected more than 160 photographs and 25 illustrations to show some of the world’s funniest blunders in his book which was released this week. The inadvertently entertaining signs from all over the planet have left travellers scratching their heads, doing a double-take as they drive by, or simply laughing out loud.

The sign of a person appearing to walk on water in renowned beauty spot of Glendalough in Co Wicklow appears in the book under the tagline: “Unless you have a miracle up your sleeve, you might wait until winter before attempting this.” And the Dublin sign stating the baffling ‘Temporary Sign’ appears in the Lonely Planet tome with the wry comment: “Locals are anxiously awaiting the new ‘Permanent Sign’. This temporary one just doesn’t fill the void.”

An eyebrow-raising sign for a car wash in Dublin stating ‘Splash N Dash Car Wash, Best Hand Job In Town’ also features in the collection.

Other countries are also home to some dubious signposts, with one in Essex in Britain giving helpful directions to a ‘Secret Nuclear Bunker’, while a jokey estate agent in the Nevada Desert has erected a sign reading ‘Beachfront Views — Just Kidding’.

Meanwhile, the global travel site has been zoning in on quintessentially Irish pastimes in recent weeks.

Last month, it urged its millions of readers to take in a game of hurling as part of the perfect Irish hangover cure.

Lonely Planet has recommended taking in the game described as “hockey on steroids” to help ease a sore head as part of its ultimate guide to Dublin On A Hangover.