The Random News Roundup
A County Tyrone farmer unearthed a 3,000 year old gold bracelet in his backyard!
Gary Sproule found the bracelet while ploughing his field earlier this month. An expert on Bronze Age settlers noted that the item most likely belonged to an important warrior or priest of the time. To read more about this amazing find and the ‘treasure trove’ inquest, click here. Image Source
Dog fell 130 feet off Antrim coast cliff and lives!
A Belfast family’s dog went missing during a family vacation in Ballycastle (Antrim, Northern Ireland). The Williamson’s springer spaniel, Laddy, fell off a cliff, miraculously landed in a cave after plunging 130 feet, and then survived for 8 days until he was found. To read how Laddy was saved from the cave, click here. Image Source
Irish comedian breaks world record
Tommy Tiernan recently broke a world record for non-stop solo comedy. Tiernan incredibly performed for 36 hours and 15 minutes straight! (Ok, he did allow himself small five minute breaks after each performance.) The show entitled ‘Testamental’ took place at Nun’s Island Theatre in Galway. Click here to find out more about Tiernan’s record and how he got through it all. By the way, profits went to a cause to help homeless teenagers. What a great event!
New Guinness just for Americans!
If you’ve ever had a pint of Guinness in the United States, you know that in most cases it just doesn’t taste as nice as when you’re enjoying a pint in Ireland. Well, Diageo [they manufacture the beer] plan to introduce a special brew solely for the U.S. market that boasts to be fizzier and stronger than what is available now. This limited addition brew is part of the 250th anniversary of St James’s Gate Brewery, Dublin. Click here for more details. Image Source
226 year old Irish Giant…
Michael Brennan is in talks with the Irish government to urge a British museum to release the skeletal body of Cork native Charles Byrne (1761 -1783), an “Irish Giant.” Byrne’s 8′ 2” skeleton now rests in London’s Hunterian Museum; however, Brennan claims Byrne’s wished to be buried off the coast of Ireland as Byrne did not want to be a specimen for anatomists. (According to the Irish Herald, people of Byrne’s size were part of a “group of human curiosities who had celebrity status in London.”) To read more about Byrne’s story, click here.
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