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TIL the Great Famine of Ireland caused so many deaths, that Ireland’s population still has not recovered (even after 150 years)
TIL of two boys from Ireland that in 1985 managed to to sneak on to 2 trains, a ferry and a plane taking them from Dublin Ireland, through Wales and England eventually ending up in New York City
TIL that in 1925, a recently independent Ireland spent the one fifth of it’s annual budget on a Hydro-Electric Plant in efforts to modernize the country. At it’s peak it provided 96% of Ireland’s electricity - today it provides 2%.
A Bank? A Pub? The Irish Don’t See The Difference
In 1970, the entire banking system in Ireland went on strike. But the country was not crippled. Pubs stepped up – after all, pub owners were very familiar with whether a patron could pay up or not. The strike ended six months later, and everything went on, the Irish economy basically unhurt.
So, in witch circles, it’s fairly well known that the ‘snakes’ St. Patrick cast out of Ireland were the Druids.
Anyway, my mom found a shirt somewhere that reads “HEY ST. PAT YOU MISSED SOME” and she’s ridiculously fond of it now.

