Ireland is the 3rd largest island in Europe and the 20th largest island on Earth. Northern Island forms a part of the United Kingdom while the remaining part is called the Republic of Ireland. Irish culture is seen to have significant influence on other cultures and especially in terms of literature. The following are some of the interesting facts, information and statistics about Ireland for you to read.
1. Social media In Ireland
The most common social networks used in Ireland are Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Infact Facebook and YouTube are also the most common business social networks used in Ireland apart from Twitter and LinkedIn. Monday is the most popular day by activity on Facebook in Ireland.
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2. Enterprise Ireland Partnering With Irish Industry
About 141228 people were employed in Enterprise Ireland client companies at the end of the year 2011 and the value of exports by these client companies in 2011 was 15.2 Billion Euros. Infact 18.3 Billion Euros was spent in the Irish economy by Enterprise Ireland client companies in 2011.
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3. Irish Budget 2013
The total Irish budget for the year 2013 is 3.5 Billion Euros and out of this amount, 64% goes into spending cuts and the rest goes into Taxes. Some of the taxes which comprise of this amount are property tax, carbon tax, charity donations, motor tax and farming tax etc.
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4. All Ireland Final 2013 – The Stats
33 countries participate in the GAA football championship which is held at Croke Park which has a capacity of 82300. Dublin and Mayo were the two finalists who last met in the same tournament in 1920. The total number of goals scored in this championship was 119.
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5. Facebook In Ireland
Almost 44% of the entire population of Ireland is on Facebook and Facebook has grown by more than double in the past few years in Ireland. There are more females FB members than male FB members in this country and most people belong to the 25-34 age group.
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6. 10 Best Sights In South West Ireland
The 10 best sights or attractions in South West Ireland include places like Cliffs of Moher, Fota wildlife park, Blarney castle, Bunratty castle and folk park, holy cross Abbey and Aquadome. A lot of tourists visit Ireland each year and 18.7 million passengers are received by the Dublin airport alone.
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7. Kiss me, I’m Irish
Ireland has quite a little bit of influence on America and this is evident from the fact that 24% of Massachusetts claim Irish ancestry and 11% of all US residents claim Irish ancestry. 44% of Americans plan to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day which is one of the most famous Irish festivals.
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8. Your Ultimate Festival Guide For 2013
There will be more than 500 music festivals in the UK and Ireland and some things that one must remember to do at these music festivals are dance, talk to new people, get a programme, dress up and arrange and time and a place to meet up with friends.
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9. The Cost of Fun In Ireland
The alcohol prices in Ireland are 62% higher than the European average. The average adult ticket price to go to a cinema in Ireland is 9 Euros and Ireland is the 5th most expensive country in Europe to buy food.
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10. 50 Insane Facts About Ireland
When it comes to size, Ireland ranks 20th among all of the countries of the world but 3rd when it comes to list of European islands by size. There are 70 million people in the world who claim to have Irish heritage.
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11. St. Patrick’s Day 2012
Ireland is calling Irish-Americans home and 34100 people left Ireland between April 2010 and April 2011 Ireland is trying to call back its citizens through a series of coordinated government and private sector tourism marketing effort set to be launched on St. Patrick’s Day in the year 2012.
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12. All About Weddings In Ireland
A survey was conducted by weddingsonline.com in 2012 and it was found that the average budget was 15000-20000 Euros per couple. The top three honeymoon destinations came out to be Spain, Portugal and Italy whereas August was considered to be the most popular month to have a wedding.
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13. Diesel Prices Around Ireland
Crude oil prices in Ireland have driven drastically in the past few years and are driven by strong global demand. Clare and Carlow are two of the places with the highest diesel prices in Ireland.
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14. The Irish Water Footprint
A person’s water footprint is the total volume of water used directly or indirectly to produce the goods and services that we consume. 72% of the Irish water footprint lies in imported products and some of these products include wheat, sunflower seeds, animal products and industrial products etc.
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15. Social Networking In Ireland
There are 1942980 Facebook users belonging to Ireland and this number is growing each day as 900 new Irish people join FB every day. There are 1.3 Million YouTube users, 385000 Twitter users belonging to Ireland. Even LinkedIn and Foursquare are popular social networking sites in Ireland.
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16. Ireland By Numbers
The total population of Ireland in 1911 was 4375690 whereas in 2011 it was 4588252. Hence there has been an increase of 1.5% in population within this period. The average number of people living in private households is 2.7%.
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17. Irish Driving Behavior
48% of Dublin drivers have been involved in atleast one road traffic accident and Dublin drivers have claimed more often than other countries on their insurance in the last 5 years. In Leinster, 93% people consider their cars essential to their daily lives and 80% of Leinster drivers have not claimed on their insurance in the past 5 years making them one of the safest. 28% people in Munster think that the older drivers are the worst drivers around.
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18. Disabled Access
There are over 6.9 million disabled people of working age which represents 19% of the population of Ireland and 2 million people have sight problems in UK and Ireland. There has been a constant need for awareness for disabled people in Ireland.
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19. England vs. Ireland
England and Ireland have always been competitive towards each other and some of their famous clashes have been Ireland vs. England, Italia’90, Cricket World Cup, 2011 and Ireland vs. England, Lansdowne, and Six Nations 2003.
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20. The Love Of Golf In Ireland
Golf if very popular in Ireland and this is evident from the fact that 1/3 of worldwide links courses are based in Ireland. Golf is infact the only sport played on moon and there are still two golf balls lying on the moon. Americans spend $600 million on golf balls each year.
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