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Game of Thrones has brought more than $100 million to Northern Ireland's economy

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The first responders to accidents in high speed motorcycle races in Northern Ireland are motorcycle doctors. They travel at speeds upwards of 180mph to get to the scene.

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  1. Prior to the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, UK officials considered building a new city in Northern Ireland, and resettling the entire population of Hong Kong on the Magilligan Peninsula near Coleraine

  2. Police in Northern Ireland played "ice-cream van" music in an attempt to calm youths attacking a vehicle with bottles... And it worked!

  3. Catholic and Protestant areas in Northern Ireland are still separated by walls up to 25 feet tall called "peace lines"

  4. The houses in London's 10 most expensive boroughs are worth as much as the property markets of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland combined.

  5. During WW2, the Irish Republican Army attempted to collaborate with the Nazis, and even prepared an invasion plan to assist the German invasion of Northern Ireland.

  6. There is no generally accepted term to describe what Northern Ireland is: province, region, country or "something else".

  7. Parades are a means of political combat in Northern Ireland. Unionists and nationalists hold hundreds of competing parades that may cause violence if they enter territory belonging to "the other side". The government often bans/reroutes parades to avoid problems.

  8. There are 48 walls in Northern Ireland that divide Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods. Passage is forbidden at night.

  9. Under the UK and Northern Ireland highway code laws, followers of the Sikh religion are not required to wear motorcycle helmets.

  10. St. Patrick converted thousands in Northern Ireland to Christianity and used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish Pagans.

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Burglary cases in Northern Ireland, Wales and England in 2017 by 10.000 inhabitants

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Breakdown of costs of my recent trip to Ireland / Northern Ireland

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In Northern Ireland, 1987, Matthew Broderick killed a mother and child in by driving in the wrong lane. He was fined £175.

Queen Elizabeth's full title is, ‘Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith’, with the style of ‘Majesty’ - source

Tyrone a name commonly associated with African American men is actually the name of a county in Northern Ireland and it's original Irish spelling is Tír Eoghain meaning the ''land of Eoghan'' it was once home to a Powerful Gaelic dynasty the O'Neil's who resisted British rule for years - source

Ireland's capital city and largest city is Dublin. (Northern Ireland's capital city is Belfast).

B&Q were forced to recall mole repellers from their Northern Irish stores, after admitting that moles did not exist in Ireland. - source

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People from Northern Ireland may compete for either Great Britain or Ireland at the Olympic Games

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Ulster Nationalism, the belief that Northern Ireland shouldn't be apart of either the UK or the Republic of Ireland, but be a independent state.

Northern Ireland's Parliament building was painted with cow dung and bitumen to hide itself during World War 2. There is still traces of cow dung on the building till this day as it is so difficult to get off.

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher horrified her advisers when she suggested a 'Cromwell solution' to the troubles in Northern Ireland which would forcibly expel all Catholics from the region and relocate them to the Republic of Ireland.

The Queen of England's full title is "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."

July 12th in Northern Ireland is a holiday to celebrate the victory at the Battle of the Boyne by William III, celebrated by Irish Protestants. During this holiday orange is the featured color.

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Coal vs Gas vs Wind power in Northern Ireland


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Proportion of respondents who said they could speak Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland censuses of 2011.


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In Northern Ireland, the Danish bank Danske Bank prints £ pound sterling notes with its corporate logo on them. This is because certain banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland are allowed to print their own bank notes

The Queens actual title is "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith"

According to estimates from the government of Northern Ireland, the filming of Game of Thrones scenes there has benefited the Northern Ireland economy by £65 million.

With minor exceptions, people born in Northern Ireland are entitled to be citizens of the UK or Ireland. In a survey of national identity, 48% said British, 28% said Irish, and 29% said Northern Irish.

The song "Zombie" by the band "The Cranberries" is about a bombing that happened during Northern Ireland's "The Troubles" time period

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In the aftermath of the $50 million Northern Bank Heist (Ireland 2004), the robbers breached security at the Police Sports Club and planted $100,000 in the bathroom as a way of giving the cops the ‘Two Fingers’.

Wooden bullets exist, and have been used by the British in Northern Ireland, as well as modern police in some areas of the US.

About the Special Powers Act that was passed in 1922 to "keep peace and order in Northern Ireland". It enabled police to search without a warrant, arrest and imprison people without charge or trial and ban any assemblies, parades, or publications. It wasn't repealed until 1973.

It was illegal to be gay in Northern Ireland until 1982.

Fiddles/violins vary around the world. In Northern Ireland there is a fiddle called the Stroh fiddle that has a horn on its side to help to amply the instrument's sound.

Police in Belfast, Northern Ireland used music from an ice cream van to calm angry teen rioters

In the United Kingdom, there has been a "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland" under the arms of Her Majesty's Government since at least 1924. The Chief Mouser is a cat.

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the IRA would kidnap the families of 'collaborators' and threaten to kill them unless the collaborators drove suicide car bombs into military checkpoints

In Northern Ireland during the 1700s, a husband and wife could not agree on the style they wanted for their home. The result is a house with one classical and one Gothic facade.

The Queen's full title is "Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."

The southern US's focus on chivalry, rugged independence, small government, reputation, politeness and violent retribution is due to its roots as a 'culture of honor' stemming from its early settlers from Scotland, Ireland and northern England.

The lyrics to the U2 song Where the Streets Have No Name, was inspired by a story that Bono heard about how a person's religion and income were evident by the street they lived on in Belfast,Northern Ireland

There are only 6 police water cannons in all of the U.K. All six are held by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The Lusitania was built in Scotland and based in Liverpool, while the Titanic was built in Northern Ireland and based in Southampton.

On Amelia's first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean she intended to fly to Paris France. Weather was bad and she cut the flight short, landing in Londonderry, Northern Ireland in a cow pasture.

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