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Here's your weekly dose of Irish for May 29th, 2021...

• Well, this is a first! The weekly dose coming out on a Sunday? Well, I had it all scheduled for Friday as normal but because my Irish joke flagged some spam my account got put on hold haha.
• All good, they apologized and sure Sunday is as good as Friday? :) As a result, I have changed this weeks joke to be more family-friendly.
• I have updated a good few articles including 20 Irish proverbs and the Irish wolfhound article.
• Also made a new video about 12 things you need to know about the Irish wolfhound.

Some things you probably didn't know about Ireland☘️:

Did you know? Germany once tried to use the shamrock in the early 1980s. However, it has been trademarked by the Government of Ireland.

In the early 1980s, Ireland defended its right to use the shamrock as its national symbol in a German trademark case, including high-level representation from Taoiseach Charles Haughey.

Having lost initially, Ireland won on appeal to the German Supreme Court in 1985. Now the symbol appears in many, many, many shapes and forms.

Including Aer Lingus, Irish postal stamps and its air traffic control call sign is “SHAMROCK”.

Did you know? New York City’s Central Park gets all the hype about being a huge city park, but Phoenix Park in Dublin is actually twice the size of Central Park.

Read More Irish Facts here.

This week's posts:

☘️ 20 Of My Favourite Irish Proverbs And Sayings From Ireland

This is a collection of my personal favourite words of wisdom from old Irish proverbs.

You may have heard some in passing and you may have heard some for the …

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☘️ Irish Wolfhound – 15 Things You Need To Know About This Gentle Giant

One of the most searched dog term on the internet, the Irish Wolfhound.

This remarkable dog often claims the award for the biggest dogs in the world!

Today I am …

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☘️ Top Irish Poem – The Wild Swans at Coole By William Butler Yeats

Hello, hello thank you for stopping by.

Today I have a great Irish poem again from William Butler Yeats.

In this poem, Yeats is sitting by a lake watching the …

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This week top Irish poem: The Wild Swans at Coole By William Butler Yeats

Hello, hello thank you for stopping by. Today I have a great Irish poem again from William Butler Yeats.

In this poem, Yeats is sitting by a lake watching the swans swim by. He reflects on life and you will see the mention of life’s cycles throughout the poem. Written between 1916 and early 1917.

The final metaphor: “Delight men’s eyes when I awake some day / To find they have flown away?” is Yeats wondering who will look on the swans when he “awakes” which here is a euphemism for death.

Either way, a great Irish poem coming in at number 14 on the top 100 Irish poems list.

The Wild Swans at Coole 

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

The trees are in their autumn beauty,

The woodland paths are dry,

Under the October twilight the water

Mirrors a still sky;

Upon the brimming water among the stones

Are nine-and-fifty swans.

The nineteenth autumn has come upon me

Since I first made my count;

I saw, before I had well finished,

All suddenly mount

And scatter wheeling in great broken rings

Upon their clamorous wings.

I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,

And now my heart is sore.

All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight,

The first time on this shore,

The bell-beat of their wings above my head,

Trod with a lighter tread.

Unwearied still, lover by lover,

They paddle in the cold

Companionable streams or climb the air;

Their hearts have not grown old;

Passion or conquest, wander where they will,

Attend upon them still.

But now they drift on the still water,

Mysterious, beautiful;

Among what rushes will they build,

By what lake’s edge or pool

Delight men’s eyes when I awake some day

To find they have flown away?

This weeks joke: Four Catholic ladies are having a coffee

Four Catholic ladies are having coffee together, discussing how important their children are.

The first one tells her friends, “my son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him “Father.”

The second Catholic women chirps, “Well, my son is a Bishop. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, “Your Grace.”

The third Catholic woman says smugly, “well, not to put you down, but my son is a cardinal. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, “Your Eminence.”

The fourth Catholic women sips her coffee in silence. The first three women give her a subtle “Well…?”

She replies, “Well, my son is a gorgeous, 6’2”, hard-bodied, well-hung, male stripper.

Whenever he walks into a room, people say, “My God”.

About the founder of Irish Around The World: 

Okay, some of you might be wondering.

Just who runs this Irish Around The World website?? 

Or maybe you don't care, haha. 

My name is Stephen Palmer from Co. Cork and I have been involved in many Irish related projects over the years. 

While it may seem this website is run by a whole team of highly skilled Irishmen, it is just run by myself. 

So I want to thank you again for taking the time to subscribe and being a part of the community. 

So how did you start a website about Irish people around the world Stephen?

Where it all began: 

I created a website in 2013 to help Irish people who are moving to Australia and recently a new group to help Irish ex-pats who are returning to Ireland.

I have always enjoyed reading about Irish heritage and how connected Irish people are around the world.

But I felt that the websites out there did not connect the people to the information. Instead, they just published daily articles regardless if people cared about them or not. 

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