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Portal:Ireland/Did you know/1

...that the Air Corps originate in the Anglo-Irish Treaty talks, when a biplane was purchased to allow Irish negotiators to escape should talks failed?
...that Ireland consumes more baked beans per head of population than any other country in the world?
...that the
Irish Houses of Parliament building, now the Bank of Ireland at College Green, Dublin, was the first purpose-built parliament
in the world?

...that the remains of Saint Nicholas are said to be buried close to Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny, having been brought back from the Crusades by a 12th century knight?

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Portal:Ireland/Did you know/2

...that County Wicklow was the last of the traditional counties of Ireland to be created in 1606—07?
...that 34 Irish Colleges have been established on the European continent since the 16th century?
...that pitch and putt, a game similar to golf was invented in Ireland where it is still mainly played?
...that Ireland's Thomas Gisborne Gordon is the only one-handed person ever to play international rugby of either code?

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Portal:Ireland/Did you know/3

...that the 76 AD
?

...that as well as Colmcille
?

...that the first
soviet in Ireland or Britain was established at Monaghan Lunatic Asylum
in February 1919?

...that
Μικρὰ Βρεττανία (Mikra Brettania, or Little Britain) to refer to Ireland, although in his later work uses Ιουερνία (Iwernia), which is thought to be truer to the name used by the inhabitants of the island
?

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...that Early Irish law permitted a husband to hit his wife to "correct" her, but that if the blow left a mark she was entitled to the equivalent of her bride price in compensation and could divorce him if she wished?

...that mountaineer Ger McDonnell, the first Irish person to summit K2, brought a hurley to the summit of Mount Everest in 2003?

...that the
Roman military
invasion?

…that some 2006 New York productions of DruidSynge, a production of the complete plays of John Millington Synge by the Druid Theatre Company, were performed in day-long cycles?

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Portal:Ireland/Did you know/5

...that when County Clare was created in 1565 it was moved from Munster to Connacht only to be returned to Munster again in 1602?

…that the MV Kerlogue, an Irish merchant ship, was attacked by both the Allied and Axis sides during World War II and rescued both sides. They rescued the Wild Rose of Liverpool and they rescued 168 Germans, 164 of who spent the rest of The Emergency interned in the Curragh internment camp?

...that the
undergraduate student society
in the world?

...that to the Romans, Scotia was another name for Hibernia, both meaning Ireland?

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...that
invented by Co. Monaghan-born, John Robert Gregg
?

...that city
, being first settled in 853?

...that according to traditional Irish genealogy, all Irish people are descended from King Milesius?

...that until 1953 both the IFA and FAI fielded international teams under the name of Ireland?

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...that seventh-century Irish saint, taxi drivers
?

...that
charter of Charles II in 1667, but lost city status when its city corporation was abolished by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840
?

...that house prices in the United Kingdom
over the last decade, with prices increasing by 371% since 1996?

…that in
Irish Times
newspaper?

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Did you know 8

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/8

…that philatelist now based in Geneva, auctioned the world's most expensive postage stamp, the Swedish Treskilling Yellow for 2.5 million Swiss francs
in 1996?

...that
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin
?

...that the Mount Sandel Mesolithic site in Coleraine, County Londonderry is the oldest archaeological site in Ireland?

...that Wellington Testimonial in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, is the largest obelisk in Europe?

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...that registered trademark of the Government of Ireland
?

...that Ireland consumes more tea per head of population than any other country in the world?

...that main street
in Ireland?

...that cycle polo, a variant of polo played on bicycles instead of horses, originated in Ireland in 1891?

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Did you know 10

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/10

...that the River Foyle is the fastest flowing river in Europe and is crossed by Europe's only double-decker bridge?

...that Paul McGrath, growing up in orphanages, was known as Paul Nwobilo until eventually tracked down by his mother, Betty McGrath?

...that Cork Harbour is one of several harbours that lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area".

...that king of Scotland, popularised a "pan-Gaelic Greater Scotia" and his brother Edward Bruce was the last High King of Ireland
?

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...that
War of Independence
?

...that the English phrase "By Hook or by Crook" is said to be derived from attempts to take Waterford in 1649 by Hook, meaning Hook Head on the east side of Waterford Harbour, or by Crook, a village on the west side of the harbour?

...that
executed for mutiny
?

...that oldest football club
?

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Did you know 12

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/12

...that
Newfoundland Irish
?

...that in 1631 the entire population of the village of
pirates in what became known as the Sack of Baltimore
?

...that the modern game of croquet was invented in Ireland in the 1830s?

...that the Guinness company once produced a Marmite-like yeast extract spread called Guinness Yeast Extract?

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...the
famine
relief in Ireland in 1847?

...that Sir Francis Beaufort, creator of the famed Beaufort scale, was born in Navan in County Meath? Or that his restored Georgian home in Navan was controversially demolished in the 1990s to build a road?

...that Newgrange is a 5000 year old passage tomb pre-dating the pyramids and Stonehenge? The builders had astronomical knowledge to precisely illumininate the internal passages of the tomb during the winter solstice?

...that the Ó Siochfhradha brothers were Irish Language teachers and writers from Dingle?

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...that
RTÉ children's program, is Ian Dempsey
's father?

...that the 4m people living in the Republic represent only half citizens of the State?

...that €
34m) when it went spectacularly bankrupt in 1991?

...that Griffith College Dublin is a private university located on South Circular Road in Dublin?

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Did you know 15

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/15

...that the
RTE puppet Dustin the Turkey has mockingly run for President of Ireland
several times?

...that people from Westport, County Mayo, are traditionally known as Coveys, and used to speak a dialect unintelligible to outsiders?

...that
nicknames for the city's monuments
, including The Stiletto in the Ghetto and the Floozie in the Jacuzzi?

...that the various incarnations of the chief of staff
and that over 30 people have held this position since 1917?

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Did you know 16

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/16

...that, with a top rate of 12.5%, Ireland has the third lowest corporate tax rate
in the world?

...that, with 10,000 dead, the 1316 Battle of Athenry was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Ireland?

...that the UK sovereign bases
from 1921 until 1938?

...that the Bogside Artists are a trio of mural painters in Derry?

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Did you know 17

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/17

...that the King of Ireland
as far back as the 13th century?

...that West Germanic language
spoken in Ireland until the mid-19th century?

...that the
Royal Standard of Scotland may have its origins in a Milesian
symbol brought from Ireland in the 6th century?

...that St. James's Gate is the traditional starting point in Ireland for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela?

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Did you know 18

Portal:Ireland/Did you know/18

...that
Limerick city was besieged
three times in the 17th century?

...
Harry Truman
?
...that gas bubbles travel downwards in a pint glass of Guinness ale?

...The Wanderings of Oisin, published in 1889, was Yeats' first publication outside of magazines, immediately winning his reputation as a significant poet?

...that Irish songwriter
Roman Catholic shrine at Knock
, declaring, "I've never seen a miracle like the airport up in Knock"?

...that, unlike oft-violent hurling, its female variant, camogie, forbids any unnecessary physical contact?

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