Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Did You Know? on Jul 21st, 2011
Did you know that the bubbles in Guinness go down instead of up? The bubbles rise quickly at the center and pull the liquid down with them as they set up a circulating current while the underlying bubbles move down.
Posted in Did You Know? on Jun 24th, 2011
Dan McKenna, a 23 year old marathon runner and global banking operations analyst, recently completed the grueling Atacama Crossing in Chile to raise awareness and funds for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by three Irishmen and dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer. The Atacama Crossing is a seven day, six stage 150 [...]
Posted in Did You Know? on May 27th, 2011
The first casualty of the American Civil War was an Irishman, Daniel Hough from Tipperary. He was killed at Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861 when a cannon ball fired prematurely.
Posted in Did You Know? on May 16th, 2011
Ireland’s national animal is the horse. Today’s Connemara ponies can be traced to wild horses of the Ice Age, 20,000 years ago. They came to Ireland with the Celts. An Irish myth proclaims that horses can see ghosts.
Posted in Did You Know? on May 11th, 2011
The Guinness Brewery tried to get its stout allowed into the U.S. during prohibition as a medicine but the Treasury Department flatly said “no.” All the grain used by Guinness is grown in Ireland. The harp symbol on Guinness is the same as that used by the government except it faces left instead of right.
Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 29th, 2011
An extension of the Appalachian Trail will include a stretch of Ireland from the Slieve League cliffs in Donegal along the Bluestacks Way, Ulster Way and ending in the Causeway Coast Way in County Antrim. In North America, the Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine to Newfoundland, and although Newfoundland and Ireland are separated by an [...]
Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 25th, 2011
The most famous song of World War I, ‘It’s A Long Way To Tipperary’ was originally titled, ‘It’s A Long Way To Connemara’ and was written by two Irish-Americans Jack Judge and Harry Williams?
Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 22nd, 2011
Countess Markiewicz wore an Easter Lily pin in rememberance of those who died for Irish freedom during the Rising in 1916. This custom has been popular ever since.
Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 15th, 2011
Newgrange, in the Boyne Valley, is among the oldest man-made structures in Europe and predates Stonehedge (England) by 1500 years. It was an important religious site and also was used for burials.
Posted in Did You Know? on Apr 9th, 2011
Wild Bill Cody was the son of Irish immigrants who came to America during the Great Hunger?
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