If the Brits hadn't invaded Ireland
• We wouldn't have the potato (Sir Walter Raleigh, I applaud you for planting the first potato on our soil)
• If we didn't have the potato, the Great Irish Famine wouldn't have happened.
• If the Famine never happened, Ireland's population would be about 12,000,000 as opposed to the current 8,000,000.
• If the population increased, there would be more factories and houses.
• If there were more factories, there would be more smog and chemicals.
• And, all 12,000,000+ irradiated people would speak Irish.
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• We do not speak Irish as our first language. Ach, is féidír liom ag caint i nGaelige.
• We have relatively good Wi-Fi and technology.
• We're not all drunks.
• We do have cities. *gasp*
They're not big... or packed... but, they're there...
• Not all of us own cows, sheep, chickens and pigs.
• Not all of us are farmers.
• Potatoes and cabbage is NOT a widely eaten dish.
• The Blarney Stone is probably filthy...
• It rains waaay too much.
• Not all of us are freckled, blue-eyed redheads.
• Don't try to mimic our accents.
It's not funny and kinda mean.
• A little "dash" or "line" over our letters is called a fada.
E.g, tá me brón mar tá Mericá ró-mhór agus tá Eireann an-bheag. :(
• Róisín = R-oh-sheen
Gráinne = Gr-ahn-ya
Saoirse = See-r-sha
Niamh = Ne-uh-v
Eoin = Oh-win
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Hello : Dia duit
Reply: Dia is Muire duit.
How are you? : Conas atá tú?
Reply: Tá me go maith.
