10 things you didn't know about Ireland

@Liamkeyes - actually it's a very dark red - hold a pint up with a very bright light behind it & you'll see! :)

The `drunken Irishman` was the Irishman in Britain or America-we had plenty of money for drinking-the Irish in Ireland had the arse out in their trousers and could not afford to drink.Looks like it might be going that way again...lol

Conn must be living under a rock most of his "enlightened" comments are common knowledge to most people.

quite uninteresting, all very common knowlegde, surely there are more obscure facts.

It's hard to believe but true, it's a question of Numbers, In Ireland the "Black Pint" is ubiquitous but the population of the UK and Nigeria is far more than Ireland. Incidentally, the Pint is not Black rather Dark Brown if you hold it up to the Light. If you hold it up to the Light you will notice a Dark Brown Hue. To think it Black is an optical illusion

That was'nt very well known. I often wondered what treatment is offered for people who were "Knee capped"

The Bobby Sands Street episode hit the wires, it's a good question for a Pub Quiz, there again a very well known item in Ireland

Most People from Dublin are aware of that as the U2 speak with that posh "Dublin 4 Accent".

The Wolfe Tones composed a song about Admiral Brown back in the day. One would have to be drunk to not be aware of that.

What is one going to do? I do not believe that anyone is locked up at the Galway Races or the Listowel Races either. One would have to be really "Legless" before a Garda would run him in.

Knew four of the items

Enjoyed the article and got "educated," too.

Not bad bits. I was amazed how many of these bits I knew something about!

I think it's really cool!

An interesting one for Americans, especially Americans of Irish heritage. Ireland (the South, that is) has the highest rate of immigration in the world. Forecasts are that in a decade or two, definitely by the middle of the century, the Irish will be an ethnic minority in their own land. Ireland, as unique and only homeland of the Irish people, will no longer exist. Ironically, Northern Ireland will be the only place left as an Irish homeland, however imperfect.