| Until June 2010, a pint of Guinness was available free to blood donors There are more mobile phones in Ireland than there are people In 1447, moustaches were illegal in Ireland | |
| The first divorce ever granted in Ireland was in 1997 The Guinness Brewery in St. James Street Dublin has a 9,000 year lease In both World War I and World War II, Ireland stayed neutral | |
| Ireland is the second-highest per-capital in beer consumption. The Czech Republic comes in first Ireland’s most famous musical export is U2 – although only 2 of them were actually born in Ireland | |
| The roaring lion at the end of MGM movies was born at Dublin Zoo and was called Cairbre The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia. It means pig-marsh between 2 seas | |
| A pint of Guinness contains only 198 calories. That’s less than most light beers, wine, orange juice or even low fat milk About half the population of Australia can claim Irish Ancestry | |
| 3 of the Beatles were of Irish decent. Any guesses who was the odd one out? Ireland is a snake-free island More Guinness is sold in Nigeria than in Ireland |
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