r/europe Aug 21 '17

What do you know about... Ireland?

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '17

Interesting relationship with Germany.

We sympathized with them in WWI and they stayed out of the war in WWII.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley was pretty popular in Germany.

I guess having no land border or history of wars between us does help.

There's a German war cemetery in Ireland.

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u/harblstuff Leinster Aug 23 '17

Huh TIL