Portal:Ireland/Did you know/1


 * ...that the Air Corps originate in the Anglo-Irish Treaty talks, when a biplane was purchased to allow Irish negotiators to escape should talks failed?
 * ...that Ireland consumes more baked beans per head of population than any other country in the world?
 * ...that the Irish Houses of Parliament building, now the Bank of Ireland at College Green, Dublin, was the first purpose-built parliament in the world?
 * ...that the remains of Saint Nicholas are said to be buried close to Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny, having been brought back from the Crusades by a 12th century knight?