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TIL Choktaw people raised 140$ aid to Irish people during the Great Irish Famine which killed 1 million people. Queen Victoria whose personal wealth was over £500 million send £2000.

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 6:39 pm

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TIL That the term ‘Jadotville Jack’ was used to describe members of A Company 35th Batallion Irish Army. The term was in reference to the unit’s forced surrender after a siege from a numerically superior mercenary force and the Irish government/UN’s refusal to decorate any survivors of the battle.

by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 3:37 pm

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There are only 239 beans in an Irish bean soup

by cringeyjokesman June 25, 2022, 4:48 pm

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TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 12:44 pm

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TIL Ross McWhirter, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records, was openly anti-Irish, advocating for mandatory registration of all Irish people in the UK with local authorities. He was assassinated by the IRA in 1975 by point-blank gunshot to the head.

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 9:47 am

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TIL – Spike Milligan’s tombstone includes the phrase “Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite” – Irish for “I told you I was ill”.

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 12:42 pm

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TIL Dublin, Ireland, was once the Viking Kingdom of “Dyflin”, founded by the Norse in the 9th century. “Dubh Linn” means “black pool” in Irish. Under their rule, Dublin became the biggest slave port in Western Europe. The last king of Dublin was killed by the Norman conquerors in 1171.

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 12:54 am

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If “everyone is a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day,” what happens to us during Gay Pride Month in June?

by QuestionGuy June 8, 2022, 9:15 pm

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If leaving without telling anyone is the “Irish Goodbye”, what is the equivalent in other countries?

by QuestionGuy June 8, 2022, 8:44 am

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what’s the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral?

by cringeyjokesman June 4, 2022, 7:45 pm

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TIL the Irish Guards have had an Irish Wolfhound as a mascot since 1902. The current one is called Seamus

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 10:12 am

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TIL about Dervla Murphy, an Irish woman who bicycled from Ireland to India in the 1960s with a budget of £64.

by whatilearned May 29, 2022, 1:56 pm

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