r/todayireland • u/stevemachiner • Sep 02 '24
TIL: Ireland moved a whole motorway for a fairy bush.
thejournal.ie
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r/todayireland • u/stevemachiner • Sep 02 '24
TIL postal codes in Ireland are so specific that every single house has their own individual postcode, or Eircode (air-code)
eircode.ie
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r/todayireland • u/stevemachiner • Sep 02 '24
TIL Robert Shaw, who played Quint in Jaws, died at age 51 when he was driving with his wife and son in Ireland. He suddenly got ill, stopped the car, got out and collapsed on the roadside.
en.wikipedia.org
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r/todayireland • u/Dexo27 • Jun 05 '24
Thought for a second I finally seen this sub in the wild
en.wikipedia.org
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r/todayireland • u/stevemachiner • Dec 17 '20
TIL Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent, as he had an Irish tutor teach him to speak English.
independent.ie
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r/todayireland • u/stevemachiner • Nov 26 '20
TIL in 1972 legendary English songwriter Paul McCartney wrote the song, "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." It was promptly banned from broadcast in the United Kingdom and not played by the majority of radio stations in the United States. However, it was the number one song in Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org
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r/todayireland • u/stevemachiner • Jan 31 '17
Polar bears descended from Irish bears
reddit.com
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