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(01-01-2018, 03:47 PM)Panda Wrote: IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)
- The flag of Ireland (Green | White | Orange), Green stands for the catholic, orange for protestants and the white stands for the peace between them.
- Ireland is the only country in the world to have a musical instrument (Harp) as it's national symbol.
- IRA (Irish Republican Army) used to be called the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood).
- St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland and Nigeria.
- It's Derry not Londonderry.
It's Londonderry

NORTHERN IRELAND
- Game of thrones employs more locals than the civil service...apparently?
- The Marketing of Potatoes Act (1964) states that: “A constable may seize and may detain in custody any potatoes which are being or which are suspected by such an officer or constable of being, sent out of Northern Ireland”
- The Titanic was built in Belfast
- The worlds first portable defibrillator was developed in NI