We recently Tweeted a link to this incredible picture. Unfortunately we forgot Phil Coulter and just have to put it right! Here’s our original tweet… Jim McCann, Billy Connolly, Christy Moore, Paul Brady, Ralp McTell, Ronnie Drew, Shay Healy #legends #music #folk pic.twitter.com/i86JDnzqEF — irelandcalling (@irelandcalling1) July 12, 2015 The error is obvious in hindsight…
90,000 puppies are born in Ireland every year. This charity helped save 481 of them last year. Dogs Trust runs an animal shelter that helps abandoned dogs, many of them puppies or pregnant. Many of the puppies were born in the shelter to those abandoned mothers. Many of the dogs are nervous around people as…
Two Irish-complexioned lads show just how long and shallow Ballyloguhnane beach in Galways is in this short but funny video. It’s claimed to be the longest and shallowest beach in the world. Just how wide and shallow it is can be seen in this satellite picture. This video by two strapping local lads shows what…
Here’s a sight you don’t see every day. Aer Lingus joined in on an acrobatic flying display by the Swiss Air Force. The performance was part of the recent Bray Air Display. Patrouille Suisse are the acrobatic display unit within the Swiss Air Force and do displays all around the world. This is the first…
An Irish Summer is the stuff of legend. Here’s a full rundown of the 4 stages of an Irish summer experience in pictures. 90% Of It Is Like This For 90% of the time an Irish summer is rain. This can be summarised by these pictures and video As an Italian astronaut has proven…
You’ll see Dublin through new eyes after watching this fantastic time-lapse video. It shows 4 months life in just 4 minutes. Sometimes you need an outsider to make you appreciate what you see every day in a new light. In this case it’s Ammar Saleh, a filmmaker from Kuwait studying film in Dublin Business School,…
Unfortunately you have to work today because we failed to make The Day The Ice Age ended a holiday. But we’ve identified 3 reasons why we failed… July 19 is the most momentous day in Irish history for reasons explained here. Here at Ireland Calling we tried to get the day made a national holiday….
We like to complain that it’s always raining in Ireland. Now thanks to an Italian Astronaut we have proof of how bad things really are! Look at that picture again. It was taken in June!! Now consider just how many other countries in the world have clouds that hug their borders? Not many I bet….
A simple riddle is going viral. The craic is in watching how people try to understand it – and then slowly realise what it means. Here are two responses that will get you laughing – and yes one is the Irish Mammy! Not The Irish Mammy The Irish Mammy Know of any other…
Tea bags seem to be the simplest thing. But for some people it turns out the concept is hard to grasp. A surprising number of people have reported on Twitter that they spent years using them incorrectly. Putting them in a cup and pouring water over them was just too confusing an idea. So what…
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