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REASONS IRELAND GAVE THE WORLD A LOT MORE THAN JUST LEPRECHAUNS

Added on: 5th Sep 2016

 

 

ALL POLAR BEARS ALIVE TODAY CAN TRACE THEIR

ANCESTRY BACK TO ONE BROWN BEAR THAT

LIVED IN IRELAND 50,000 YEARS AGO

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

Nigeria consumes more Guinness beer than Ireland does

 

 

SINCE THE BRONZE AGE, IRELAND HAS HAD ITS OWN

OLYMPICS KNOWN AS THE TAILTEANN GAMES

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

The term

 

 

SEAN'S BAR OPENED IN 900AD AND NEVER

CLOSED. IT'S STILL RUNNING TODAY!

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

According to legend, St. Brendan is said to have discovered America in the 6th century when he sailed west and found an island so big that he couldn't cross it.

 

 

IRISHMAN JOHN TYNDALL WAS THE FIRST

SCIENTIST TO EVER BE CALLED A "PHYSICIST"

Irishman John Tyndall was the first scientist to ever be called a

 

 

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

THE PREFIX "O" MEANS "DESCENDANT OF".

The name prefix

 

 

MORE IRISH PEOPLE LIVE OUTSIDE OF

IRELAND THAN IN IT

More Irish people live outside of Ireland than in it

 


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