Thursday, September 24, 2015

Things to Know About Ireland

The current population of Ireland is 4,822,519 people (similar to Alberta but 1/10th the area) The capital city of Dublin has a population of approx 500,000. In 2014 8,000,000 tourists visited the Emerald Isle

The Irish consume in average 131.1 litres of beer per year- second to the Czech Republic.  88% of its citizens are Roman Catholic

Ireland is a snake free island (yay!!!!)

It is estimated that over 80 million people of Irish decent live outside of Ireland. Isn't that amazing?,

Polish is the second most common language spoken in Ireland (after English) who knew?

The Titanic was made in Ireland

Ireland is the only country in the EU where abortion is still illegal 

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