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11. James
Joyce once hid behind Ernest Hemmingway during a bar fight
22. Bram
Stoker, author of Dracula, is Irish
and in fact never stepped foot in Transylvania. Dracula may have actually been inspired by the Irish legend of
Abhartach, hmmmm.
33. St.
Patrick was actually captured by Irish raiders and sold as a slave to a druid
(Celtic priest) and spent the next 6 years in slavery as a shepherd and became
fluent in Irish
44. St.
Patrick was Roman, not Irish
55. Ireland
is the only country in the world that has a musical instrument (the harp) as
its national symbol, NOT the shamrock
66. There
are no postal or ZIP codes in Ireland outside of Dublin and Cork City (crazy,
right?)
77. James
Joyce once described Guinness stout as “the wine of Ireland”
88. The
national color of Ireland is actually blue, green is the common thought
national color, but if you look at the symbols of both the state and the
island, St. Patrick’s blue is still visible and still used.
99. Irishman
James Hoban designed the white house
110. Halloween
was derived from an Irish festival called Samhain, and people carved turnips
not pumpkins
111. The
Guinness Brewery in St. James Street Dublin has a 9,000 year lease (nicely
done)
112. The
Titanic was actually built in Belfast, Northern Ireland
113. The
longest place name in Ireland is in Muckanaghederdauhaulia
in Cork
114. There
are nearly 8 times more Polish speakers in Ireland than Gaelic speakers
115. Finally,
one of the most popular radio shows, to this day, in rural Ireland is the daily
broadcast of local obituaries.
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