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Ireland & Irish People

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    #32
    Your Face
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    Redneck Reject wrote: »
    We saw how that panned out at Little Big Horn.

    Less about your sex life please.


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    #33
    Comerman
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    Bridget Elizabeth Hitler, née Dowling, was Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler Jr. She was the mother of Alois Hitler's son William Patrick Hitler. She was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland.


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    #34
    Wibbs
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    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent, his English tutor was from Ireland.
    As ironically enough did the children of the last Tsar, as their tutor/governess was also from Ireland. Though this was later "corrected" by another English tutor after said governess had left their service. The daughters of the Tsar corresponded with her until their deaths during the revolution.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #35
    [Deleted User]
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    First air conditioning system was built in Belfast.


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    #36
    JohnnyFlash
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    First air conditioning system was built in Belfast.

    They do have problems with hot air up there.


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    #37
    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    We also inflicted Johnny Logan on the Germans in the 80's as reparation for the Luftwaffe bombing of Dublin during the war.
    I think they've suffered enough.


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    #38
    Ten of Swords
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    Several schools, streets and a train station in Mexico are named after Batallon de San Patricio (St Patricks Battalion), a group of 200 Irish soldiers that fought with the Mexican army against the Americans during the Mexican-American war in 1847.

    They are commemorated in Mexico on September 12th, the day most were executed by the Americans after their defeat.

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    #39
    De Bhál
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    The Disney family, that of Walt, are originally from Gowran, Co. Kilkenny.


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    #40
    WesternZulu
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    One of the shortest lived countries ever was The Republic of Connacht. It lasted a week and its capital was Castlebar.


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    #41
    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    An Irishman set up the first brass band in Japan and wrote their national anthem.


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    #42
    irishguitarlad
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    jester77 wrote: »
    An Irishman saved Barcelona FC from going under after the Spanish Civil war

    Said Irishman also won Real Betis' one and only La Liga title.


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    #43
    mikemac2
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    The way they built Newgrange and figured out to how measure the winter solstice is pretty amazing


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    #44
    dxhound2005
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    mikemac2 wrote: »
    The way they built Newgrange and figured out to how measure the winter solstice is pretty amazing

    And they weren't even Paddies. The Celts did not arrive until a couple of thousands years later.


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    #45
    major bill
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    Bernardo O'Higgins is a name well known in South America for independence movements in Chile and to a lesser extent in Peru.

    His name is all over Chile and Chile also has a fairly successful football club named after him called O'Higgins FC that play in in the top division over there.

    *His father was Irish*


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    #46
    dxhound2005
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    There are four football clubs in Argentina with Brown in their name, in honour of William Brown. Mayo man who is known as the Father of the Argentinian Navy.


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    #47
    73bc61lyohr0mu
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    Shannon Airport was the first airport in the world to have Duty Free shopping.


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    #48
    faceman
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    Irish Times added their bit to this thread.... An Irishman who revolutionised naval warfare and marine transport.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/how-an-offaly-man-revolutionised-naval-warfare-and-marine-transport-1.4019571


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    #49
    Forty Seven
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    Pretty slim pickings so far lads.

    (A brit)

    :)


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    #50
    who the fug
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    TheValeyard wrote: »
    An Irish woman from Dublin shot Mussolini, only grazed him though.

    In later life her assertion that she had shot Mussolini, was used by the Doctors as proof that she should stay in the Nut house


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    #51
    bennyineire
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    Forty Seven wrote: »
    Pretty slim pickings so far lads.

    (A brit)

    :)

    You then are surly most qualified to give us at least 1 example :o
    Please stroke our collective ego's


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    #52
    farmchoice
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    And they weren't even Paddies. The Celts did not arrive until a couple of thousands years later.


    now im far from an expert on this so if there is someone more informed please correct me.


    the notion that the celts arrived in ireland and took over is no longer really accepted. there is very little evidence of this arrival/invasion.
    it seems that the the existing residents ''the irish'' i suppose you could call them simply took to celtic culture in a big way.
    it used to be thought that the celts were ''a people'' who expanded all over Europe, displacing the previous residents.
    now its thought that to a large degree it was their culture and ways that expanded more than vast movements of people displacing other people.


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    #53
    Irish Stones
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    Fritzbox wrote: »
    I didn't know Santa was a Kilkenny man.


    He wasn't a Kilkenny man, he was born in Turkey, but he's buried near Thomastown, co. Kilkenny, precisely in a old graveyard not far from Jerpoint Abbey.


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    #54
    faceman
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    Forty Seven wrote: »
    Pretty slim pickings so far lads.

    (A brit)

    :)

    Careful now....

    Britain's most popular chat show is chaired by an Irish man

    Westlife had more number 1's in the UK than Take That

    Ireland has won the Eurovision more than the UK

    Irish jockeys lead the field in UK horse racing

    You know the bacon you love in your 'Full English'? We invented that. We also invented crisps.

    The Royal Ballet, the ballet company that defined English ballet? Yep you guessed it, founded and defined by a lady from Blessington.

    Oh and don't forget, we still owe you a few billion from the bailout a few years ago. You need to be our best friend!

    :p. :p. :p


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    #55
    AndyBoBandy
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    The modern day design rotary steam turbine was designed by Charles Parsons (born in London to an Anglo Irish family (originally from Birr), but studied in Trinity College).

    Steam turbines generate about 80% of the worlds electricity, they include coal/peat burning stations, nuclear stations, and CCGT (combined cycle using the exhaust heat from a gas turbine to generate steam).


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    #56
    AndyBoBandy
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    Francis Rynd, from Dublin, invented the hypodermic syringe.


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    #57
    AndyBoBandy
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    Colour photography was invented by John Joly from Offaly


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    #58
    AndyBoBandy
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    The induction coil (car starter motor/ignition coil) invented by Rev. Nicholas Callan from Louth


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    #59
    AndyBoBandy
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    James Martin from Co. Down invented the airplane ejector seat.


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    #60
    AndyBoBandy
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    Cream Crackers invented by Joseph Haughton (Dublin) before the Jacob brothers from Waterford produced them in large scale.


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    #61
    magic_murph
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    An Irish man took the horse to France.


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