Dublin’s Phoenix Park
Posted in Did You Know? on May 5th, 2013
At 1,752 acres, Dublin’s Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed park area in Europe.
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Coca-Cola in Ireland
Posted in Did You Know? on May 3rd, 2013
Tom Robinson, a Belfast businessman, is credited with bringing Coca-Cola to Ireland. In 1938 he heard from a Manchester colleague that the London based Coca Cola Company would supply free ice to anyone willing to sell their product. In 1939, he signed an agreement for the Northern Ireland franchise. For legal reasons, he named the [...]
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Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 27th, 2013
Princess Takabuti, the first mummy to be unraveled outside of Egypt, is in the Egyptian collection in the Ulster Museum.
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Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 26th, 2013
On St Patrick’s Day, Irish PM Enda Kenny visited the top of the Ground Zero redevelopment project. He was the first political leader to do so.
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Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 21st, 2013
Medieval monks are credited with preserving major portions of western learning. With pen and ink they created manuscripts with exquisite ornamentation as well as transcribing legends, history, poetry and science.
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Posted in Did You Know? on Mar 15th, 2013
In the tiny village of Casalattico, Italy St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated with Mass, green banners, Irish music and shamrocks sent from Ireland. This stems from the fact that many Italian immigrants in Ireland came from this village.
Birr Castle’s Magnolia Display
Posted in Did You Know? on Feb 28th, 2013
Birr Castle, Co Offaly, has one of the greatest displays of magnolias in the country.
Eels Breed in River Barrow
Posted in Did You Know? on Feb 17th, 2013
In the Spring more than seven million eels swim into the River Barrow to breed.
St. Brigid’s Day or Imbolic
Posted in Did You Know? on Feb 1st, 2013
February 1- St. Brigid’s Day or Imbolic is the first day of Spring . The pagan festival of Imbolic is associated with the Celtic goddess Brigid , and was Christianized as the feast of St. Brigid, with whom she shares many traits such as healing, prophecy, smithcraft and poetry.
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Posted in Did You Know? on Dec 12th, 2012
Black or Blood pudding is made from the blood of the sheep.
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