Ireland - Fun Facts 10/26/2006 9:47:34 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment 1. The original Guinness Brewery in Dublin has a 9,000 year lease
2. Saving Private Ryan was filmed in Wexford
3. 40 Million People in the US are of Irish decent
4. Braveheart was filmed in Ireland
5. Largest exporter of computer software
6. The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia, in County Galway.
7. All windmills in Ireland turn clockwise the rest of the worlds windmills turn counter-clockwise
8. The correct response to the Irish greeting "top of the morning to you," is "and the rest of the day to yourself."
9. 10 Blue Flag Beaches
10. Twice the cell phone usage than US |
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