| Geography |
Ireland land mass 42,712 sq miles. |
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Phoenix Park in Dublin Ireland is the largest urban park in Europe covering an area of 1752 acres. |
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Longest river in Ireland River Shannon, 161 miles in length. Runs south from County Cavan into the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Largest Irish island, Achill at 57 square miles in size. |
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The largest Lake in Britain is in Northern Ireland. Lough Neagh covers 147 sq miles. |
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The highest mountain in Ireland is Carrantuohill in County Kerry at 3445 feet. |
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Ireland is totally surrounded by water, but not all the same Ocean. There are five named bodies of water, Irish Sea, Atlantic Ocean, North Channel, St George's Channel, Celtic Sea. |
| Population |
Population Eire 4.1 million, Northern Ireland 1.7 million. |
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Dublin 1,004,614 |
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Cork 186,239 |
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Limerick 86,998 |
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Galway 66,163 |
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Waterford 46,736 |
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Dundalk 32,505 |
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Drogheda 31,020 |
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Bray 30,951 |
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Belfast NI 6,381 |
| Trivia |
Newgrange, Co. Meath Ireland hosts a passage tomb, carbon dated to 3200 BC, which is older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids. |
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Kissing the Irish Blarney Stone purports a gift of eloquence, but you have to do it upside down. |
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Ireland won the Eurovision Song Contest three years in a row 1992,1993 and 1994. The only Country to do so in succession. |
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Actor and US President Ronald Reagan's ancestors can be traced back to Tipperary Ireland. |
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Ireland has 2 million active phone numbers, 3.7 million cell phone users and 1.5 million Internet subscribers.(2005) |
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Windmills in Ireland rotate in a clockwise direction, all others in the World turn counter clockwise. |
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Irelands closest point to the UK is the Mull of Kintyre Scotland, a distance over water of only 20 miles. Yet the Romans never invaded Ireland despite occupying the UK for 400 years. |
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1 million Irish died of starvation and disease between 1845 and 1850 due to a potato famine. |
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Ireland has virtually no mineral coal deposits, despite being only 60 miles from the southern part of Wales which had the highest yield per cubic metre in the World. |
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The Titanic was built at Harland & Wolff Shipyard Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
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Co. Antrim hosts the Giants Causeway. Over 40,000 hexagonal basalt pillars emerge from the sea, a result of fast cooling volcanic lava. |
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Stephen Roche is the only Irish cyclist ever, to win the Tour de France. |
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Kilkenny is Irelands only inland City. All others are situated on the coastline. |
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The ground burrowing Mole although prevalent in the UK, does not inhabit Ireland at all. |
| Weather |
Sunniest month N.Ireland June 1940, 298 hours, Mount Stewart in Co. Down. |
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Dullest month N.Ireland January 1996, 8.3 hours, Silent Valley in Co. Down. |
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Wettest day N. Ireland 31 October 1968, 6.36 inches of rain, Tollymore Forest, Co.Down. |
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Highest wind gust N. Ireland at low level site, 12 January 1974, 125 mph, Kilkeel Co.Down. |
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Warmest day N. Ireland 30.8C/87.4F, 30 June 1976, Knockarevan, Co.Fermanagh and Belfast Co.Antrim, 12 July 1983. |
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Coldest day N.Ireland -17.5C/0.5F, 1 January 1979, Magherally, Co.Down. |
