Archive for July 11th, 2006

Some interesting Irish facts, some might just surprise you…..

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

swiped from Tuathal Some interesting Irish facts, some might just surprise you….. The tune of the “Star Spangled Banner” was composed by the great blind harper Turlough OCarolan, who died about 35 years before the American revolution. Brick-throwing between teenagers living in mixed Protestant and Catholic areas in Northern Ireland is still so common – [...]