Irish pirate radio: Facts

Irish pirate radio is a general consequence of the lack of commercial radio until 1989?

Facts on topics related to Irish pirate radio

11-year old Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein is regarded by Jacobites as third in line for the throne of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland?
Australian deputy judge advocate Richard Dore once ordered several hundred lashes be given to suspected Irish insurrectionists before a verdict had been made?
harps (pictured) are national musical instruments in Ireland, Wales and Paraguay?
Irish actor Paudge Behan is the son of IRA Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding and Beatrice Behan, the widow of playwright Brendan Behan?
Irish chemist Robert Kane (1809–1890) showed that hydrogen is electropositive?
Irish cricketer Scott Huey was the last bowler to dismiss Sir Len Hutton in first-class cricket?
Irish indie rock band Ham Sandwich were encouraged by U2 frontman Bono to change their name in 2006?
Irish journalist Doireann Ní Bhriain was given one of the final Jacob's Awards in 1993 to commemorate her career with RTÉ Radio 1?
Irish stage actor Enda Oates' theatrical career includes roles such as Macduff in the play Macbeth and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice?
Irish writer and trade unionist Brian Behan once took part in a swearing match at the British Museum?

the statues of the Two Working Men (pictured) in Cork, Ireland were originally set to be unveiled outside the Liberty Hall in Dublin, but were deemed a traffic hazard?

St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam in County Galway, Ireland, contains a 12th-century arch which has been called "the finest example of Hiberno-Romanesque architecture"?

the earliest record of Gaelic handball is the 1527 town statutes of Galway, Ireland, which forbade the playing of ball games against the walls?

an ongoing strike by Gaelic footballers and hurlers in County Cork, Ireland, has led to Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern asking for the players and the county board to resolve their dispute?

Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx have separate dependent and independent verb forms?
"Ceol An Ghrá" was the first and only time that Ireland entered the Eurovision Song Contest with a song in Irish?
Breandán Ó Buachalla was considered "the leading authority on Gaelic poetry and writing in early modern Ireland" and "one of the most prominent Irish language academics of his generation"?
Nollaig Ó Gadhra's biography of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley is regarded as one of the most comprehensive biographies ever written in the Irish language?
an explanation for the derivation of Aughanduff, a townland in Armagh, is that it means ford of the ox or Áth an Daimh in Irish?
one version of the 8th-century Irish text The Expulsion of the Déisi contains a passage claiming the Irish group known as the Déisi founded the royal dynasty of Dyfed, Wales?
the Gaelic Journal, first published in 1882, was described as being "the first journal devoted to the living Irish language"?
the Permanent North American Gaeltacht (pictured) is an officially designated Irish speaking area in English/French speaking Ontario, Canada, the first of its kind outside of Ireland?
the medieval Irish narrative The Sickbed of Cúchulainn gave its name to the first song on The Pogues' 1985 album Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash?

Cornelia Adair, during World War I, invited Belgian refugees to stay at her Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal, Ireland?

Adrian Crowley's album Long Distance Swimmer was recorded in his sister's home in Foxrock, County Dublin, and features contributions from James Yorkston?

a landmark court ruling has allowed Limerick pubs to sell alcohol today for the first time on Good Friday?
the Western Railway Corridor, built in the late 1800s, links Limerick to Sligo through the West of Ireland?