1) Dublin castle is the film site of king Henry VIII's court in The Tudors tv show
2) Christchurch in Dublin is the birthplace of Tom and Jerry: the cat and mouse duo were found dead in the organ pipes and kept by the janitor of the church until they were donated by him after his death for their preservation
3) If you have a southern Ireland driving license you cannot get a speeding ticket in northern Ireland
4) southern Ireland driving licenses are written and printed on a piece of paper, no lamination, nothing
5) Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease on the Guinness storehouse
6) the south uses euros while the north uses pounds that are different than British or Scottish sterling
7) the cliffs of Moher were the film site of scenes for Harry potter: the half blood prince and the princess diaries, also, for some unknown reason your hair stand on end and become static when walking around the cliffs
8) an original bullet hole from the Easter rising still exists in the angel statue in Dublin on o'connel street
9) a river divides the northern town of Derry and separates Protestants from Catholics. Each attend different schools, hold different ideologies, support different beliefs, are stubborn to change and rarely cross paths in town; yet the most annoying problem seems to be the roaming charges they receive from having uk phone suppliers.
10) after the death of Margaret thatcher a minority of Catholics threw a street party, streamers and all. The "wicked witch" was dead.
11) to kiss the blarney stone you have to lie on your back and hang upside down halfway out of the top of blarney castle in cork
12) there is Tim hortons! And molsons!
13) the views are amazing
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