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St. Columcille of Iona (521-97): Irish missionary, called the Apostle of Caledonia. After founding monastery schools in Ireland he went to Scotland, where he established himself at Iona and was responsible for Christianising northern Scotland. Read more
The Irish Famine, 1846-1850: It began with a blight of the potato crop that left acre upon acre of Irish farmland covered with black rot. Read more
The Irish in Us (1935): directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland. “A good comedy tribute to the Irish in New York City” Source: IMDb
40: over 40% of the population of Ireland resides within 97 km of Dublin.
Shamrock: a plant which has three round leaves arranged in a triangular pattern on each stem. According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain to the people the idea of the Trinity – that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
When Irish Eyes are Smiling: music by Ernest R. Ball; lyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr. “When Irish eyes are smiling sure it's like a morning spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing …” See lyrics
Saint Patrick’s Day Irish Soda Bread
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Tattarrattat is the longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary, which calls it a nonce word. The dictionary shows a single use in 1922 by James Joyce in Ulysses: "I knew his tattarrattat at the door."
Source: Word Oddities
James Augustine Joyce (1882 - 1941): “one of the most radical innovators of twentieth-century writing, who dedicated himself to exuberant exploration of the total resources of language”. (from the Online Biographical Encyclopedia)
Life & works of James Joyce
1972: Ireland joins the European Economic Community.
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