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There are 6 national parks in Ireland. Glenveagh National Park 110 Km2 Ballycroy National Park 120 Km2 Connemara National Park 30 Km2 The Burren National Park 15 Km2 Killarney National Park 100 Km2 Wicklow Mountains National Park 200 Km2

The popularity of people testing in Ireland may be a result of a TV programme called "Blood of the Irish" on the national broadcaster RTÉ. There have also been studies done in Trinity College by a Dr. Bradley on Irish ancestry which have been reported in the media, which may have tickled some...

I am Irish so obviously I identify most with Irish ethnicity and would view Scotland as being the closest country culturally to us. Maybe thats because physically it is the closest country to us!!

Here is an interesting article on the Irish Warpipes which are very similar to the Highland pipes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Irish_Warpipes

EU countries are amongst the largest trading partners with the UK. Removing yourselves from the EU will have a negative effect on that. How can employment be improved by leaving the EU? It may limit foregin direct investment into the UK as result and big multinationals may seek to relocate to...

I've never heard of this word Ainder, and I speak Irish. This isn't a Gaelic word at all. Its doesn't even look gaelic. It looks Welsh though, which is completely different from Gaelic.

.....Sigh.:disappointed:

Some words that the English language borrowed from Irish: Galore (from the Irish "go leor" which means plenty) Whiskey (from the Irish "Uisce Beatha" which literally means water of life) Keening (from the Irish verb "ag caoineadh" which is to cry)

Re Niall of the nine hostages: Niall was the only son of Eochaidh's (pronouced Ucky for those of you who cannot speak Irish) second wife who was a saxon. He had 4 half brothers from Eochaidh's first wife (who was Irish) who all created dynasties in Ireland (my own family being allegedly...

Halloween is not imported from America. It was originally an Irish celebration. It is a celebration for the end of the harvest and the start of the winter months. It comes from Samhain which is 1 of the 4 main ancient Irish festivals (the others being Imbolg (which is now St. Brigid's day 2nd of...

For the same reason that there are many Irish names in America and Australia: Immigration. Many Irish people emigrated to Britain in the 1800's in particular from the 1840's onwards and also during the 1950's and 60's to find work and escape starvation. So many in fact emigrated to Liverpool...

Of course there is a percentage of Irish people of English descent. But it would be no where near 25%. Most of the big landowners were absentee landlords or arisitocratic planters who did not intermarry with any native Irish. They were and in some cases still are bascially English people born in...

I'm from the west of Ireland and am R1b1b2a1b5

Many surnames in Ireland are English because when they were translated from Gaelic into English, the English translators gave names that sounded similar to English names e.g. Ó Coileáin is anglicised to the english name Collins, hence there are many Collins in Ireland, most of whom are...

Religion is not the root problem in northern Ireland. It is used by lazy journalists/commentators who have very little or no idea of the history of the conflict. Basically protestants are descended from colonists from Britain who were planted in Ireland to control the northern province after the...

There is 6 million people in Ireland. And there are plenty of people who loathe the English.

New here. I'm L21 from Ireland.