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What is the most interesting fact about Northren Ireland that you didn't know?

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  • #92
    Mr_Spaceman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    Norn Iron's popular Veda bread actually originated from Scotland, where, strangely, it isn't popular at all.


  • #93
    Míshásta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Míshásta


    spodoinkle wrote: »
    Irelands only island town!

    No.

    Cork is built on an island.


  • #94
    Míshásta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Míshásta


    deseil wrote: »
    They say mind instead of remember.."do you mind the time we......" and most have very furrowed brows from scowling at people.

    "mind" is still used with that meaning in rural parts of the South.


  • #95
    Míshásta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Míshásta


    Their most famous song, "Danny Boy"

    was written by an Englishman who never visited Ireland, North or South,

    about a Scot.

    It was first made famous by an English singer.

    It was made famous internationally after being first recorded by an Austrian-American singer.

    It was adopted by the American Irish as an "Irish" song.


  • #96
    Míshásta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Míshásta


    You will have difficulty understanding them unless you realize that when they say "NIY" they mean "NOW"


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  • #97
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,679 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    turnikett1 wrote: »
    That there was loyalist hunger strikers too.

    oh please tell the story of this, it's hilarious


  • #98
    Reiketsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Reiketsu


    Mr_Spaceman wrote: »
    Norn Iron's popular Veda bread actually originated from Scotland, where, strangely, it isn't popular at all.

    Veda is amazing. Now I want some at 1:40am :(


  • #99
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    Míshásta wrote: »
    You will have difficulty understanding them unless you realize that when they say "NIY" they mean "NOW"

    no that is just Belfast


  • #100
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,309 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    orangesoda wrote: »
    no that is just Belfast

    Yea.

    In some places "now" is pronounced "nar".

    Also tomorrow is always "the mara"

    Yesterday is "yesturdee".

    Mirror = "murr", towel = "tal".


    My girlfriend is always giving off to me about how I never put the "to be" in a sentence too. Like "the car needs washed", "the house needs cleaned" etc. The "to be" in there would sound weird to me - "the car needs to be washed". Hmmm...


  • #101
    dashcamdanny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭dashcamdanny


    Generally, people from the south are afraid to go north, yet they visit Wexford annually. Wexford is nice but it sucks a fair bit compared to a normal city. Unless you like Garth Brooks.


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  • #102
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    awec wrote: »
    Yea.

    "the car needs to be washed". Hmmm...

    a true ulsterman would say 'nade' instead of 'need',


  • #103
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,309 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    orangesoda wrote: »
    a true ulsterman would say 'nade' instead of 'need',

    Only if you're a culchie. ;)


  • #104
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    baseball was the most popular sport during the 1980's, (according to baseball bat sales statistics )


  • #105
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    awec wrote: »
    Yea.

    In some places "now" is pronounced "nar".

    Also tomorrow is always "the mara"

    Yesterday is "yesturdee".

    Mirror = "murr", towel = "tal".


    My girlfriend is always giving off to me about how I never put the "to be" in a sentence too. Like "the car needs washed", "the house needs cleaned" etc. The "to be" in there would sound weird to me - "the car needs to be washed". Hmmm...
    The to be is the infinitive, it needs to be in there when you're bringing an "ed" word into the present tense.

    You could say "the car needs a wash" to get around it. :p


  • #106
    Scruffy19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 237 ✭✭Scruffy19


    Irelands tallest man is buried in my hometown of Rostrevor! He was rumoured to be about 8ft tall!

    The Mourne Mountains in Co.Down have been named as an "area of outstanding natural beauty."


  • #107
    maccored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,809 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    Jimmy Kennedy, from Omagh, wrote the words to Teddy Bear's Picnic


  • #108
    maccored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,809 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    Sam Neill (Jurassic Park etc) was born in the north.


  • #109
    irishhh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭irishhh


    well, for me, the beautiful part of NI is Portrush.. The drive from Derry to Portrush is so exciting and amazing.. And then, portrush itself is so ambient. esp in summer.. the place is just wow !! Ive been there almost every summer since 2008. it brings back really good memories. heard the coastal train route from derry to portrush will be as amazing as it can be.. unfortunately couldnt take that line yet.. speaking of it, summer is already here and why not there again now.. :)


  • #110
    gugleguy
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    maccored wrote: »
    Jimmy Kennedy, from Omagh, wrote the words to Teddy Bear's Picnic
    What are the preferred Teddy Bears to bring on a picnic to Northern Ireland:
    • Teddy Ruxpin
    • Steiff
    • Huggy Bear
    • +1 if made in Northern ireland


  • #111
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,046 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    two of the worlds best guitarists come from the North.
    Gary Moore who you will all have heard of, and Henry McCullough who you might not.....

    McCullough was in Wings and played what is regularly voted in the top 5 guitar solos of all time.... "My Love"

    he also backed Joe Cocker at Woodstock.


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  • #112
    Sheldons Brain
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    Derry Disco sensation, Jimmy McShane


  • #113
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    Ricky Warwick! \m/


  • #114
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Yes, Michael Dunlop is well thought-of by all communities - or at least, those in the communities that know one end of a motorbike from the other. :D Very hard to eclipse the great Joey, though.

    There's also the likes of Phil McCallen, Jeremy McWilliams, Ryan Farquhar, Eugene Laverty and Jonny Rea.

    The Dunlops also highly thought of in Italy. :cool:


  • #115
    seachto7
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    oh please tell the story of this, it's hilarious

    There was. Jamie Bryson. Well, for about a day.


  • #116
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    seachto7 wrote: »
    There was. Jamie Bryson. Well, for about a day.

    half a day it was


  • #117
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    Co. Louth used to be in Ulster. To my ear as a Southerner, the accent from Navan on northwards is a norn accent.


  • #118
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    newmug wrote: »
    Co. Louth used to be in Ulster. To my ear as a Southerner, the accent from Navan on northwards is a norn accent.

    No, only a small bit of north Louth, the rest was in the pale


  • #119
    Aquagakka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭Aquagakka


    The Foyle Bridge in Derry is the longest in Ireland at 866 metres (2839 ft).

    Craigavon Bridge in Derry is a first example of a double-deck bridge in Europe, trains underneath, traffic above.

    The "Peace Bridge" looks the part but I haven't been over it yet.


  • #120
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    How can I tell you a fact about NI that I don't know if I don't know it?

    I would need to know it to tell you but since you're asking for a fact I don't know then I can't tell you because I don't know it.

    Goodnight.


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  • #121
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,426 ✭✭✭testicle


    Míshásta wrote: »
    No.

    Cork is built on an island.

    And Limerick


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