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Dublin

Since I am going to study in Dublin, I decided to do a little research on the city and I wanted to share some of it with you! 

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• Dublin is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath
• The English name is derived from the Irish Dubh Linn (meaning "black pool")
• Located in Leinster province 
• Women outnumber men in Dublin by 10,000
• Around 9800 pints of beer are drunk each hour by Dubliners from Friday night to Monday morning (yummy!) 

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  O’Connell Bridge is the only bridge in Europe that is as wide as it is long
   

Well, I hope you enjoyed a little info about Dublin! 


Until next time, 

To kick off this blog, I wanted to share some really cool Irish trivia I discovered!


Did you know...

• At 198 calories a pint, Guinness has fewer calories than a pint of skimmed milk or orange juice?
• The password for George Washington's troops in Boston on March 17, 1776 was "St. Patrick"?
• Ireland is the world's 20th largest island?
• On April 13th, 1829, the day the English Parliament gave the vote to Irish Catholics, the statue of George Walker - Protestant hero of the 1689 siege of Derry - which had stood quietly on the city's famous walls for more than a century, inexplicably crumbled? (hmm...curious.)
• According to Irish folklore, it's bad luck to take the Christmas decorations down before January 6?
• Ireland is the best place on the planet to avoid an earthquake? (No epicentre has ever been recorded there).
• Ireland had its own werewolf legend? These creatures were believed to be the souls of the damned who had rejected the teachings of St. Patrick. (again, curious....)
• More than 130 Irish soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor in the American Civil War?

More awesome facts to come! 


Until next time,