Ireland

Tremendous Island Nation. Seeing as Ireland's economy is on the rocks at the moment I though it'd be nice to remember some of the things that we can be proud of while we're on the road to recovery! (Oh and while I'm bored offshore!) There's a disproportionately high amount of stuff to be proud of for such a small country... IRELAND IS AWESOME!!! Literature: 1: Seamus Heaney (Yes England your Poet Laureate was once Irish! ) 2: WB Yeats 3: George Bernard Shaw 4: Brian Friel 5: James Joyce (Possibly the most significant writer of the 20th Century) 6: Jonathan Swift 7: Samuel Beckett Entertainment and Arts: Where do we start here?! 1: U2 2: Enya 3: Riverdance 4: Daniel O Donnell 5: The Chieftans 6: Van Morrisson 7: Damien Rice 8: The Corrs 9: Sinead O' Connor 10: Clannad 11: The Cranberries 12: Westlife 13: Boyzone 14: The Pogues/Shane McGowan (Christmas just wouldn't be the same without them now would it?!) 15: Seven... Yes SEVEN Eurovision wins. Who else has done that??? 16: Johnny Logan Science and Exploration: 1: Robert Boyle (Boyles law's) 2: John Tyndall (Now you know why the sky is blue!) 3: Ernest Walton (Nuclear physicist) 4: Lord Kelvin.... Now why does "Kelvin" sound familiar??? 5: Ernest Shackleton... Enough Said! Sports: 1: Munster Rugby 2: Irelands rugby team. Grand Slam Winners 2009 3: Padraig Harrington. (Golfing Sensation) 4: Irelands Cricket Team (Surprisingly successful all of a sudden!) Heritage: We have three. Yes THREE UNESCO World Heritage Sites!!! 1: Skellig Michael 2: Bend of the Boyne 3: The Giants Causeway That's all I can think of for now. Pretty amazing for 15mins research online. =D " Ireland, IRELAND, together standing tall. Shoulder, to shoulder....We'll answer IRELAND's CALL!!! "