Portal:Ireland/Did you know/14


 * ...that Fran Dempsey, who acted as Fortycoats in the 1980s RTÉ children's program, is Ian Dempsey's father?
 * ...that the 4m people living in the Republic represent only half citizens of the State?
 * ...that Xtravision, Ireland's largest chain of video rental stores, was valued at IR£27m (€34m) when it went spectacularly bankrupt in 1991?
 * ...that Griffith College Dublin is a private university located on South Circular Road in Dublin?