Irish weddings are elegant and large celebrations. Grooms dress in kilts that signify their family’s clan, while brides dress in white to signify their purity. Family members travel far and wide to attend weddings, and the receptions are always massive celebrations involving beer and music.
70% of married Irish women would consider having an affair while on a foreign holiday without their spouse or children.
Northern Ireland is governed by the United Kingdom, while the rest of Ireland is an independent nation.
Ireland has mounds of dirt that are known as “fairy forts” Legend has it that those who disturb one of these mounds will be riddled with bad luck. These mounds are actually ancient dwellings from the Iron Age.
Banshees, leprechauns, and vampires are regular characters in Irish lore but it’s the fairies, above most, who left their mark on the landscape.
Ireland has a population of just over five million, of which over three quarters (78.3%) is Roman Catholic.
Ireland is the sixth highest consumer of beer per capita in the world after the Czech Republic, Namibia, Austria, Germany, and Poland.