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,