Things we learned about Ireland....

We had an awesome tour guide today who taught us a great deal about Ireland, so in today's issue of what we've learned about Ireland...

Each color of the flag of Ireland represents something different. The green represents the Catholics, the orange the Protestants, the white the peace between the two.

The Great Potato Famine lasted from 1845-1849, in that time period over a million people perished, another million were lost due to immigration.

Famine Houses (built during the famine) are distinguishable because there is no binding agent between the rocks.

During the famine, stone walls were built, the walls serve no purpose. They were ordered to do so during the occupation, these are called Penny walls.

We visited the town of Moneygall, apparently Barack Obama's grandfather is from here and this is big deal to the Irish.