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Here's your weekly dose of Irish for Friday, September 24th 2021...

• Welcome to another weekly dose of Irish. I had quite a few requests to add some more facts to my top 10 facts about Cork. So I dug up a further 10. It was pretty challenging to find these, so I hope you enjoy them.

10 More Facts About Cork, Ireland you might not know:

1. Michael Collins was also born in Co. Cork. Thanks to all of those who commented about it. Collins was born in Woodfield, Sam's Cross, near Clonakilty, County Cork, on 16 October 1890, the third son and youngest of eight children.
2. The largest wedge tomb in Ireland is also in Glanworth – the Labbacallee Tomb. The wedge tomb at Labbacallee, in Fermoy County Cork, is the biggest of all the Irish wedge tombs, known as the Hag's Bed; the tomb is associated with the Celtic Hag Goddess' Caillech Bhearra'.
3.  Cork has the highest number of pubs in the country with nearly 1,000 licenced premises, while Mayo has a pub for every 323 people, a new report has found. Source Irish Examiner
4. Cork is home to Ireland's only cable car! From the mainland to Dursey Island. The cable car departs daily from Ballaghboy on the tip of the Beara peninsula, Co. Cork.
5. Here is a pretty unique fact I found! 45% of the worlds Tic Tac's are made in Cork. They are manufactured in the Ferrero factory in Cork, Ireland. The factory produces about 36 tic tac's per second. Source Wiki
6. The Blarney Stone is located in Cork. About half a million people visit it every year except 2020 and 2021, of course. 
7. Cork city has a LOT of bridges. Over 30 in fact. You can see pictures of them all here. 
8. You probably have seen a picture of the famous Cobh cathedral before, but did you know it has the most bells in any church in the UK and Ireland.  Together they weigh over 26 tonnes! It also contains Ireland's largest bell, named St Colman (3.6 tons). The cathedral also took over 46 years to build, and Cobh was the Titanic's last port of call. 
9. The guided missile was invented in 1877 by a talented engineer from Castlebar in Co Mayo. Louis Brennan also designed an unusual monorail train, a two-wheeled car and even an early helicopter. The Brennan torpedo was first tested at Camden Fort(near Crosshaven) in the late 1800s. It was the first weapon in history that could be remotely controlled to its target. 
10. Cork had the largest butter market in the world in the 18th century. 

This week's posts:

☘️ An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, By W. B. Yeats – Analysis And Summary

Well, I hope you are having a good week.

Today I picked number 32 from the top 100 Irish poems list.

Once again, the famous W. B Yeats makes it into …

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🗒️ 20 Facts About Cork, Ireland That You Might Not Know

Sure, since I am from Cork, I felt I had to share these 20 facts about Cork you might not know.

 *Note this article was originally ten facts, but after …

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☘️ What Is Irish Road Bowling And The History Behind It(Video)

Irish road bowling is a unique sport played mainly in Cork and Armagh.

Although nowadays it is played in a lot more counties in Ireland.

 In a way, it is …

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So what is this week's top Irish poem? 

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, By W. B. Yeats – Analysis And Summary

Well, I hope you are having a good week. Today I picked number 32 from the top 100 Irish poems list. Once again, the famous W.B Yeats makes it into the list. This poem is called "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." 

This rather shorter poem is about World War 1 in general and specifically of British rule over Ireland (which lasted until 1922). The speaker argues that the outcome of the war is ultimately meaningless for his small community in western Ireland and that he feels no hatred towards his enemies nor love for the British. 

Wishing to show restraint from publishing political poems during the height of the war, Yeats withheld publication of the poem until after the conflict had ended. 

The airman in the poem is widely believed to be Major Robert Gregory, a friend of Yeats and the only child of Lady Augusta Gregory. Source Wiki

This poem was written in 1918 but not published until 1919.

Let's get to the poem. 

An Irish Airman foresees his Death

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

I know that I shall meet my fate

Somewhere among the clouds above;

Those that I fight I do not hate,

Those that I guard I do not love;

My country is Kiltartan Cross,

My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,

No likely end could bring them loss

Or leave them happier than before.

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,

Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,

A lonely impulse of delight

Drove to this tumult in the clouds;

I balanced all, brought all to mind,

The years to come seemed waste of breath,

A waste of breath the years behind

In balance with this life, this death.

Instead of an Irish joke this week, I wanted to share some lovely Irish sayings and wisdom.

Also, if you know any excellent Irish jokes please reply to this email and send them to me.

1. A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.
2. A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
3. May the roof above you never fall in and those gathered beneath it never fall out.
4. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.
5. He is bad that will not take advice, but he is a thousand times worse that takes every advice. —Irish proverb
6. A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
7. You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
8. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!
9. Never scald your lips with another man's porridge.
10. Life is like a cup of tea; it's all in how you make it! 

Read more Irish sayings here

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