Facts about Dublin - VirtualIreland.ru

Sr.Gonzalez · 21.05.2003, 09:36

Some interesting facts if you have time to read it all:
> >
> >1) The average Dubliner earns EUR19,000 per annum, giving twelve pounds to
> >charity and a hundred and sixty two pounds in tips.
> >The most important consideration when a man is deciding whether or not to
> >give a barmaid a tip is the amount of her body that he can see. A quarter
> >of all tips go to taxi drivers even though they earn, on average, four
> >times the average wage in the city, higher than ninety six percent of their
> >clients.
> >
> >2) O'Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge in Europe which is wider
> >than it is long and Dublin's second O'Connell Bridge is across the pond in
> >Stephen's Green.
> >
> >3) Dublin Corporation planted 43,765 deciduous trees in the Greater Dublin
> >area in 1998.
> >
> >4) Dublin's oldest workhouse closed its doors for the last time in July
> >1969. Based in Smithfield, the premises housed 10,037 orphan children
> >during the one hundred and seventy years it operated.
> >
> >5) Dublin was originally called Dubh Linn meaning Black Pool.
> >The pool to which the name referred is the oldest known natural treacle
> >lake in Northern Europe and currently forms the centrepiece of the penguin
> >enclosure in Dublin Zoo.
> >
> >6) There are over 1,000 prostitutes operating in the Dublin area on any
> >given night. Most are women from outside Dublin.
> >
> >7) Dublin's O'Connell Bridge was originally made of rope and could only
> >carry one man and a donkey at a time. It was replaced with a wooden
> >structure in 1801. The current concrete bridge was built in 1863 and was
> >first called "Carlisle Bridge".
> >
> >8) None of the so-called Dublin Mountains is high enough to meet the
> >criteria required to claim mountain status. The Sugarloaf is the tallest
> >'Dublin Mountain' yet measures a mere 1389 feet above sea level.
> >
> >9) The headquarters of the national broadcaster RTE in Montrose was
> >originally built for use as an abattoir.
> >
> >10) Dublin's oldest traffic light is situated beside the Renault garage in
> >Clontarf. The light, which is still in full working order, was installed in
> >1893 outside the home of Fergus Mitchell who was the owner of the first car
> >in Ireland.
> >
> >11) The Temple Bar area is so called because it housed the first Jewish
> >temple built in Ireland. The word 'bar' refers to the refusal of Catholics
> >to allow the Jewish community to enter any of the adjoining commercial
> >premises.
> >
> >12) Tiny Coliemore Harbour beside the Dalkey Island Hotel was the main
> >harbour for Dublin from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.
> >
> >13) Dublin is the IT Call Centre capital of Europe with over 100,000
> >people employed in the industry.
> >
> >14) In 1761 a family of itinerants from Navan were refused entry to
> >Dublin. The family settled on the outskirts of the city and created the
> >town of Rush. Two hundred and fifty years later, almost the entire
> >population of Rush can still trace their roots back to this one family.
> >
> >15) Ireland's longest running Internet publication www.bowsie.com
> >established in Dublin in 1994.
> >
> >16) Dubliners drink a total of 9800 pints an hour between the hours of
> >5.30pm on a Friday and 3.00am the following Monday
> >
> >17) Women from Dublin are the least likely to become pregnant through
> >casual sex. Women from Meath are the most likely.
> >
> >18) Dublin is Europe's most popular destination with travelling stag and
> >hen parties. There are an estimated six hundred 'pre wedding sessions'every
> >weekend in the capital.
> >
> >19) Harold's Cross got it's name because a tribe called the Harolds lived
> >in the Wickow Mountains and the Archbiship of Dublin would not let them
> >come any nearer to the city than that point.
> >
> >20) Leopardstown was once known as Leperstown.
> >
> >21) The average 25-year-old Dubliner still lives with his/her parents
> >preferring to spend their money on fast cars and clothes rather than a
> >mortgage.
> >
> >22) Dublin vets charge up to fifteen times more for animal health
> >services than their counterparts outside the capital.
> >
> >23) Two radio stations attract cover 90% of all listeners in the Dublin
> >area.
> >
> >24) There are twelve Dublins in the United States and six in Australia.
> >
> >25) Buck Whaley was an extremely wealthy gambler who lived in Dublin in
> >the seventeen hundreds. Due to inheritances, he had an income of seven
> >thousand pounds per year (not far off seven million a year at today's
> >prices). He lived in a huge house near Stephen's Green which is now the
> >Catholic University of Ireland. He went broke and he had to leave Ireland
> >due to gambling debts. He swore he'd be buried on Irish soil but is in fact
> >buried in the Isle of Man in a shipload of Irish soil which he imported
> >for the purpose.
> >
> >26) The Burke Brothers were Dublin's 1960's equivalent of the Kray twins.
> >They weren't actually brothers but second cousins.
> >
> >27) The converted Ford Transit used for the Pope's visit in 1976 was
> >upholstered using the most expensive carpet ever made in Dublin. The carpet
> >was a silk and Teflon weave and rumoured to have cost over ?950.00 Per
> >square meter.
> >
> >28) There was once a large statue of Queen Victoria in the Garden outside
> >Leinster House. It was taken away when the Republic of Ireland became
> >independent and in 1988 was given as a present to the city of Sydney,
> >Australia to mark that city's 200th anniversary.
> >
> >29) The largest cake ever baked in Dublin weighed a whopping 190lb's and
> >was made to celebrate the 1988 city millennium. The cake stood untouched
> >in the Mansion House until 1991 when it was thrown out.
> >
> >30) A pint of Guinness in Dublin can cost as much as EUR3.75 or as little
> >as EUR2.10p depending on where you drink.
> >
> >31) Dubliners are more likely to buy a stranger a drink than locals from
> >any other area of the country are.
> >
> >32) The Radisson St Helens Hotel in Stillorgan sells the dearest pint in
> >Ireland.
> >
> >33) There are forty six rivers in Dublin city. The river flowing through
> >Rathmines is called the River Swan (beside the Swan Centre). The Poddle was
> >once known as the ''Tiber' and was also known as the River Salach (dirty
> >river), which is the origin of the children's song "Down by the river
> >Saile". It is also the river whose peaty, mountain
> >water causes The Black Pool mentioned above.
> >
> >34) Saint Valentine was martyred in Rome on February 28th eighteen
> >centuries ago. He was the Bishop of Terni. His remains are in a cask in
> >White Friar Street Church, Dublin. He is no longer recognised as a Saint by
> >The Vatican.
> >
> >35) The statue in Dublin's O'Connell Street is commonly known as the
> >'Floozy in the Jacuzzi' while the one at the bottom of Grafton Street is
> >best known as the 'Tart with the Cart'. The women at the Ha'Penny bridge
> >are the "Hags with the bags", James Joyce's statue is called the "Dick with
> >the stick" and the Chimney Stack with the new lift in Smithfield Village
> >is now called the "Flue with the View"
> >
> >36) There is a fountain in College Green with some ghastly statues of
> >angels. This stands on the spot where there was once a statue of King Billy
> >on a horse. It was blown up six times before being completely destroyed by
> >a bomb in 1946. The wreck was taken to a corporation yard and the horses
> >huge lead testicles were melted down and used to repair a pipe.
> >
> >37) Montgomery Street was once the biggest red-light district in Europe
> >with an estimated 1600 prostitutes. It was known locally as the "Monto"
> >and this is the origin of the song "Take me up to Monto"
> >
> >38) South Dublin boasts more homosexuals per capita than San Francisco.
> >
> >39) Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda lived in Dublin in the eighteenth
> >century. His job was naming streets. He called several after himself. Henry
> >Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Drogheda Street. Drogheda Street later
> >became Sackville Street and is now O'Connell Street. He didn't like to
> >see the 'of' from his name left out so when he was
> >naming a small lane (off O'Connell Street) he called it "Of Lane" (it's
> >gone now).
> >
> >40) Nelson's Pillar was blown up in 1966 to mark the fiftieth anniversary
> >of the 1916 rising. It now lies in a heap in a valley in County Wicklow.
> >
> >41) Leinster House in Dublin was originally built as a private home for
> >the Duke of Leinster. At that time, the most fashionable part of Dublin
> >was the North Side and he was asked why he was building on the South
> >Side. He said "Where I go, fashion follows me" ....and to this day the
> >most Fashionable part of Dublin is the South Side.
> >
> >42) Tallaght is one of the oldest placenames in Ireland and it means "The
> >Plague Cemetery"
> >
> >43) There are five areas in Dublin whose names end in the letter 'O'.
> >Fewer than one Dubliner in 20,000 can name them off by heart. They
> >are.....Rialto, Marino, Portobello, Phibsboro and Pimlico.
> >
> >44) Kevin Street Garda Station was once the Palace of the Archbishop of
> >Dublin.
> >
> >45) The original name of Trinity College was "Trinity College Near
> >Dublin". The capital was a lot smaller then.
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> >

KaraNagai · 21.05.2003, 10:25

> >2) O'Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge in Europe which is wider
> >than it is long

неправда, мост по которому невский идет через грибонал в питере тоже обладает этим качеством ;)

а вообще очень поучительно ;)

nexus · 21.05.2003, 10:46

Ага, только это уже не в Европе.

KaraNagai · 21.05.2003, 10:50

а ну да ;) я забыл ;)

Lammo · 21.05.2003, 13:44

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> >2) O'Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge in Europe which is wider
> >than it is long

неправда, мост по которому невский идет через грибонал в питере тоже обладает этим качеством ;)

а вообще очень поучительно ;)

Кара, сразу видно, что ты не местный :). Мостик :) через канал Грибоедова ничем особенным не выделяется среди своих собратьев. Может быть слегка пошире О'Коннела...

Самым широким транспортным мостом в МИРЕ считается Синий мост, расположенный на Вознесенском проспекте через реку Мойка (кстати построен по проекту шотландского инженера Уильяма Хейсти).
ТТХ:
- Длина —32,5м.
- Общая ширина — 97.3м (из них ширина чугунного свода-—58,7 м).

:) А вы О'Коннел, О'Коннел - какой может быть мост в деревне?! :)

И эта Питер столица Европы!!!! :) ...или евро-попы :)

nexus · 21.05.2003, 13:51

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И эта Питер столица Европы!!!!

...или евро-попы

Эмм, согласно классику, там от Европы только окно в нее

Lammo · 21.05.2003, 13:57

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И эта Питер столица Европы!!!! :) ...или евро-попы :)

Эмм, согласно классику, там от Европы только окно в нее ;)

Зато Питер никогда не был деревней!!! :р

nexus · 21.05.2003, 14:00

Да, вопрос - что лучше.

AVK · 21.05.2003, 14:03

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Да, вопрос - что лучше.

Нет такого вопроса!

KaraNagai · 21.05.2003, 14:24

ты ламмо ваще не читаешь че я пишу ;)
я пишу - он гораздо больше в ширину (95 метров), чем в длину (18 метров вроде), то есть обладает тем же свойством, что и оконнел. и он траффик бридж. притом весьма активный. кстати, мост зовется казанским ;) и синего он уже всего на 2.2 метра, и синий мост я бы тоже привел в пример, если бы не считал его частью исакиевской площади ;)