10 Fun and Interesting Facts About IRELAND I Ireland facts

Find out interesting and fun facts about Ireland

1. In 1447, moustaches were illegal in Ireland.
2. March 17th is National "Eat Like an Irishman" Day.
3. Ireland is the only country in the world where one female president was replace by another female.
4. The White House was designed by Irishman James Hoban who won a competition in 1792which lead him to creating the building.
5.The Irish surname prefix "Mac"means "son of," while "O" means "descendant of."
6. Ireland is the only country in the world whose National symbol is musical instrument.
7. An odd Irish birthday tradition is to lift the birthday child upside down and give his head a few gentle bumps on the floor for good luck. The number of bumps should allegedly correspond to the child's age plus one.
8. The majority of people attribute the Guillotine to the French, but there is evidence of it being used in Ireland 500 years before it made its way to France.
9. The colour originally associated with Saint Patrick was not green, it was blue; there is even a special shade of the colour known as Saint Patrick's Blue.
10. Up until the 1920s, couples could legally marry in Ireland just by walking towards each other, as long as they did so in Teltown, county Meath, on Saint Bridget's Day.

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