1000 Facts About Ireland

Download or read book 1000 Facts About Ireland written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until 2009, people who donated blood in Ireland received a free pint of Guinness. Many Irish people don't know that Ireland has a king. Ireland use to be called Wolfland. The words "boycott," "slogan," "quiz," "yahoo," and "electron" come from Ireland. During medieval times, a man could divorce his wife if she "made a mess of everything." Happy hours are banned in Irish pubs. Polar bears originate from Ireland. The Celts originated from Austria, not Ireland. Most of the world's Botox comes from one factory in Ireland. Until 2006, it was illegal to act out Harry Potter in Ireland. The submarine, radiotherapy, chocolate milk, the guillotine, and the torpedo were invented in Ireland. The Leprechaun Museum in Dublin is so scary, children aren't allowed to enter.