Which Irish county is known as The Garden of Ireland
Counties of Ireland no longer serve this purpose. The Irish-language names of counties in the Republic of Ireland are prescribed by ministerial order, which in the case of three newer counties, omits the word "contae" (county). Irish names form the basis for all English-language county names except Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow, which are of Norse origin. In the "Region" column of the table below, except for the six Northern Ireland counties the reference is to NUTS 3 statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland. "County town" is the current or former administrative capital of the county. Cities which, in the Republic, are currently
There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" is a humorous folk song written in 2008 by the Irish band Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys (later known as The Corrigan Brothers), and set to a tune derived from a traditional air. The song celebrates the Irish ancestry of the President of the United States, Barack Obama. The song was a minor hit in the Irish Charts, peaking at Number 24 in November 2008. Obama's roots have been traced back to Moneygall in County Offaly, Ireland in the 19th century. Moneygall has