REASONS IRELAND GAVE THE WORLD A LOT MORE THAN JUST LEPRECHAUNS

ALL POLAR BEARS ALIVE TODAY CAN TRACE THEIR

ANCESTRY BACK TO ONE BROWN BEAR THAT

LIVED IN IRELAND 50,000 YEARS AGO

NIGERIA CONSUMES MORE GUINNESS BEER

THAN IRELAND DOES

SINCE THE BRONZE AGE, IRELAND HAS HAD ITS OWN

OLYMPICS KNOWN AS THE TAILTEANN GAMES

THE TERM "BOYCOTT" IS DERIVED FROM IRISH

CAPTAIN JAMES BOYCOTT

SEAN'S BAR OPENED IN 900AD AND NEVER

CLOSED. IT'S STILL RUNNING TODAY!

ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ST. BRENDAN IS SAID TO

HAVE DISCOVERED AMERICA IN THE 6TH CENTURY

WHEN HE SAILED WEST AND FOUND AN ISLAND S

O BIG THAT HE COULDN'T CROSS IT

IRISHMAN JOHN TYNDALL WAS THE FIRST

SCIENTIST TO EVER BE CALLED A "PHYSICIST"

THE NAME PREFIX "MAC" MEANS "SON OF".

THE PREFIX "O" MEANS "DESCENDANT OF".

MORE IRISH PEOPLE LIVE OUTSIDE OF

IRELAND THAN IN IT