I'm doing a presentation on IRELAND and i have a question..?

Question

I have basically covered all of Ireland but i need one more thing....for all Irish readers or anyone who knows about Ireland, i need to add some facts that the average people don't know about Ireland. Any fun facts or such :)

Answer 1

1) The best shopping centre in Europe (official vote) is in Dundrum, South Dublin. Dundrum Town Centre.

2) hot spanish guys come here cos we have v pretty girls (me!

3) My town is just 67 miles off the coast of Britain, 1,224 miles from Tuscany, 4,312 miles from Barbados and 6,107 miles from the Maldives!

4) Two main groups of Irish people are Skangers and D4s.

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Answer 2

Ireland(the republic that is ) is the second largest exporter of software in the world.

It is the second richest country in europe, after finland.

It has more millionares per capita than the USA.

Third level education is basically free here with university fees abolished.

the end of school examinations here called the leaving cert is one of the toughest in the world, just after the japaneese equivilant.

Irish monks are responsible for the reEducation of europe during and after the dark ages.

An irish monk st brendan is reportedly been the first to discover america in the 9th century, in fact Columbus visited galway to study st brendans accounts before he set sail for the new world.

this is also before the viking leif ericson.

The largest ethnic group coming to live in ireland last year was the english and thay are the quickest to know their place and keep their heads down to, ie wont bee seeing any british theme pubs any time soon.

Answer 3

douglas hyde the first president of ireland helped to found the galic leauge which brought about interest in the irish culture including the irish languange.

Answer 4

nobody and i mean nobody says "top of the morning" in Ireland

nobody in ireland eats corned beef and cabbage, its bacon and cabbage, corned beef is an Irish american creation confined to the United States

there are now roughly 200,000 polish living in Ireland

The most northernly point of the island of Ireland is actually in the Republic not northern ireland (Malin Head)

Bertie Ahern is a crook, lol

Ballyhaunis in County Mayo is the smelliest town in Ireland, this is due to a meat processing plant located in the middle of the town (lots and lots of old rotting dead animal carcasses smell bad)

a person from County Offaly is known as a BIFFO (Big Ignorant F***er From Offaly) :P

Ireland's first president was born in the house directly across the road from where i live

Irish people drink more tea annually per capita than anywhere else in the world (on average each Ireland person consumes 3KG of tea per person!!)

Roscommon are the only gaelic football team in Ireland to have beaten Kerry at every level in an all-Ireland final, senior, junior, minor and Under 21

Ireland is fourth in the world in terms alcohol consumption, measured in litres of pure alcohol per person Ireland consume 11 litres per person annually, behind Czech Republic, Hungary and Luxembourg who consume 12.7 litres of pure alcohol.

There are no mountains in Roscommon , the curlews are only 264 metres (866 feet) thus hills (a mountain must be a least 1000 feet tall)

the geographical centre of ireland is in the townland of Carnagh East Co. Roscommon. On the western shore of Lough Ree, opposite the Cribby Islands and 5.5 miles northwest of Athlone Town

It snowed in my home town on Christmas day 2004, the first and only time i will probably ever see a white christmas in this country

Letterkenny in County Donegal is the fastest growing town in Europe

The Repubic  of Ireland GDP per capita is higher than the UK, USA, France, Canada, Japan or Germany

The highest sea cliffs in europe are Croaghaun on Achill island in County Mayo and at 670 metres they are more than 3 times taller than the Cliffs of Moher, europes seconds highest sea cliffs are also in Ireland, 601 metre tall Slieve League in Donegal

Answer 5

the Harrier Jump Jet was developed in Northern Ireland.

Harry Ferguson of Massey Ferguson and Fordson tractors was from Northern Ireland.

Answer 6

1. Saint Patrick wasn't Irish.

2. Éamon de Valera, the famous Irish president, was born in New York.

3. Not everybody in Ireland drinks alcohol.

4. The Irish people have to endure more stereotyping than any other country...

Answer 7

Irish people call the native (well, native is a strong word....) language 'Irish' NOT 'Gaelic'. If they call it something else it's "Gaeilge" - which is the word in Irish (or 'as Gaeilge').

There are no monoglot Irish speakers.

Answer 8

Here's a website with a few - I'm not sure how many of them are actually facts though http://www.ireland-fun-facts.com/ireland... There are a few I've never heard of, but I suppose that's the point.

Answer 9

If you want to know about Irish names here is some:

Girls:

Áine (Anne)

Graínne (Grace)

Ciara

Niamh

Aoife (Eve-Eva)

Boys:

Ciarán (Kieran)

Seán (John)

Tomás (Thomas)

Pól (Paul)

Liam

Óisín

Here is some things I know:

1% of the population are travelors

Over 80,000 Polish people live in Dublin alone

I don't know what you mean about people as such, maybe add more details!!

Answer 10

There are no snakes in Ireland, and no-one really knows why. There is a legend that St. Patrick drove them out of the country, but there are no fossils of snakes found here either.

Also, Ireland is the world's largest exporter of ripe bananas, even though no bananas grow here. They are imported green from central America and ripened under artificial lights at a huge plant in Limerick.

Answer 11

Rossies ones are good!