10 things you probably never knew the Irish invented!

bb1234567

http://prasannaellanti.com/10-weird-things-you-never-knew-the-irish-invented/

Colour photography,armoured tanks...the atomic bomb:eek: who would of known? we're pretty amazing considering how small a country we are population wise.Anyone here ever even know we invented any of those things..bar guinness obviously.

Pushtrak

Begrudgery?

humbert

Not to mention, being full of ****.

bb1234567

Another few things we invented:eek:

The Harpoon Gun
Thomas Nesbitt invented the harpoon gun in 1760 to pulverise some pesky whales who were making a nuisance of themselves around the Donegal coastline at the time. It used to really piss off old Tom the way they'd swim right next to his currach and spray water all over the gaff. "I'll sort you out ya bastards," he said. And he did.

The Hypodermic Syringe
The next time you get a needle up the arse, save a little thought for Francis Rynd who invented that long, thin, sharp instrument which is jammed up your crack. In fairness to Francis, he developed the hypodermic syringe specifically for the injection of morphine, so the next time your house is burgled by heroine addicts...

Shorthand Writing
John Gregg of Monaghan invented shorthand writing in 1893, basing the system on the natural movements of the hand (steady on, boys). Shorthand writing was quickly adopted as a means of taking minutes and witness accounts. 110 years on and shorthand writing is about as popular as heiroglyphics

The Monorail
The next time you hear reports about overspending on the Luas and think to yourself how we couldn't build a train if it was came in a box with Hornby written on it, consider Louis Brennan of Castlebar in County Mayo who invented the world's first monorail in 1907. The first time Brennan's design was put into use was on the Listowel to Ballybunion route in County Kerry so when you think about it, it couldn't have been that great an invention.

very intersting:)

The King of Moo

The Irish invented porches in churches, so men could stand there and leave Mass without being noticed when people start going up for Communion.

Teyla Emmagan

For a 'neutral' country we've invested a lot in warmongering.

Red Hand

Misery, self-loathing, and begrudgery.

qz

"10 Weird Things you Never Knew the Irish Invented"

-Guinness!


Are you fcuking kidding me.

whiskeyman

Cheese and onion flavour crisps!!
Invented by Joe 'Spud' Murphy at Taytos.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1361491/Joe-Spud-Murphy.html
Best Irish invention ever!



Well, after Guinness...

Pushtrak

qz wrote: »

"10 Weird Things you Never Knew the Irish Invented"

-Guinness!


Are you fcuking kidding me.

They had to cater for the "I'm awesome, I knew that one" crowd.

harney

The list seems to end when we stopped being a colony.

Pushtrak

harney wrote: »

The list seems to end when we stopped being a colony.

1944?

Casillas

harney wrote: »

The list seems to end when we stopped being a colony.

Plenty of great research on medicine and technology being conducted in Irish Universities;

e.g. UCC;

The staff in the College are closely linked with UCC’s world class research centres such as the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, the Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility, the Biosciences Institute, the Boole Centre for Research in Informatics, the Cork Constraint Computation Centre, the Environmental Research Institute, and the Tyndall National Institute, and industry-focused research and training units such as the Power Electronics Research Laboratories, the BioTransfer Unit and the Food Industry Training Unit.

http://www.ucc.ie/en/sefs/AbouttheCollege/

Spread

Hey Casillas! Did I just see you between the posts on TV?:D

Casillas

Spread wrote: »

Hey Casillas! Did I just see you between the posts on TV?:D

Eh?

tdv123

We also invented Barack Obama.

Pottler

Tell me we invented gutters, we had to, we have the most need for them anyway. We've also invented a lot of reasons for being off work on a monday.

mike65

If the cream cracker is an invention that's another one.

Pottler

mike65 wrote: »

If the cream cracker is an invention that's another one.

They're an Ethnic Minority, not an invention.

vard

Wasn't it an Irish lad who invented the seismograph?

Mr. CooL ICE

William Rowan Hamilton didn't invent imaginary numbers, but he did find a use for them.

skinny90

Red eye reduction in cameras

DaveNoCheese

The irish flag :rolleyes:

bb1234567

Oh I heard we also invented the modern tractor, of course! only us:p

ArtyM

bb1234567 wrote: »

Another few things we invented:eek:


The Hypodermic Syringe
The next time you get a needle up the arse, save a little thought for Francis Rynd who invented that long, thin, sharp instrument which is jammed up your crack.


very intersting:)

You need to find a new Doctor.

losthorizon

whiskeyman wrote: »

Cheese and onion flavour crisps!!
Invented by Joe 'Spud' Murphy at Taytos.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1361491/Joe-Spud-Murphy.html
Best Irish invention ever!



Well, after Guinness...

Guinness is an English invention. The brewery was moved to Ireland.

Pushtrak

losthorizon wrote: »

Guinness is an English invention. The brewery was moved to Ireland.

Incorrect. It originated in Dublin.

Pherekydes

LordChessington wrote: »

William Rowan Hamilton didn't invent imaginary numbers, but he did find a use for them.

Quaternions!

Pottler

ArtyM wrote: »

You need to find a new Doctor.

He doesn't mean his doctor, Roger D'ildo was a Hugenob settler from Ahascragh and it is his fine invention that he is referring to.

Chuck Stone

Pushtrak wrote: »

Begrudgery?

humbert wrote: »

Not to mention, being full of ****.

Red Hand wrote: »

Misery, self-loathing, and begrudgery.

Generalising.

I'm Irish and I invented submarines and water.

bnt

An Irish architect, James Hoban, "invented" the White House in Washington DC - drawing inspiration from Leinster House in Dublin among others.

positron

The water absorbing gel that's used in nappies - it can absorb and hold 50 times it's original weight - and was invented by someone in Dublin (probably Trinity), although he was trying to create some sort of plant feed / base that can be used to prepare plants/pots for transatlantic voyages etc.

portumnadaz

Out of all those names only two are native irish names.

Pantsface

positron wrote: »

The water absorbing gel that's used in nappies - it can absorb and hold 50 times it's original weight - and was invented by someone in Dublin (probably Trinity), although he was trying to create some sort of plant feed / base that can be used to prepare plants/pots for transatlantic voyages etc.

please tell me more, *edge of seat*

cocoshovel

didnt even read the list but have read many like them before. Didnt we actually invent nearly none of these? Its just some random guy who has very vague roots in Ireland created them? piss off will ya!

Kylo Ren

Fair city.

Pherekydes

cocoshovel wrote: »

didnt even read the list but have read many like them before. Didnt we actually invent nearly none of these? Its just some random guy who has very vague roots in Ireland created them? piss off will ya!

Holland was born into an Irish speaking family in Clare. He lived and taught here until he was 33, when he migrated to the USA.

Hamilton was born, bred and reared here, and lived most of his life in Ireland.

Jester252

Charles Parsons Steam Engine
William Parsons Telescope in Birr that saw the spiral structure of a Galaxy

Sunnyisland

The Dubliners.

Pherekydes

Walton only went to Cambridge to study for his PhD. Otherwise he lived and worked in Ireland.

homerjay2005

Pushtrak wrote: »

Begrudgery?

that was my first thought when i saw the thread title.

however, as much as we are a bunch of bitter c*nts, the same happens in most other countries. go to eastern europe and they are cut throat over there.

previous user

breakfast roll

Claasman

In 1896, the Irish inventor John Philip Holland designed submarines that, for the first time, made use of internal combustion engines on the surface and electric battery power submerged. His first submarine, Fenian Ram, was launched in 1881. Holland VI was launched on May 17, 1897 at Navy Lt. Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth, New Jersey. On April 11, 1900 the United States Navy purchased the revolutionary Holland VI and renamed it USS Holland (SS-1), America's first commissioned submarine. (John P. Holland's company, the Holland Torpedo Boat Company/Electric Boat Company became General Dynamics' Cold War progeny and is the builder of technologically advanced submarines today).


wiki

everdead.ie

Halloween and the portable diffibulator.

Capt'n Midnight

Jester252 wrote: »

Charles Parsons Steam Engine

Steam turbine.

It's about three times as energy efficient as the previous generation of steam engine using pistons. It's inclusion in HMS Dreadnought was one of the factors that made all pre-Dreadnought battleships obsolete overnight.

Capt'n Midnight

Absolute Zero :P

Second law of thermodynamics.

Current balance.

Induction coil, the thing that makes the spark that makes petrol engines work

Radiotherapy.

Head up display (reflector sight)


Were we the first to put traffic lights on roundabouts ?

Chorcai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

The Beaufort scale was devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort (later Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort), an Ireland Irish-born Royal Navy officer, while serving on HMS Woolwich. The scale that carries Beaufort's name had a long and complex evolution, from the previous work of others, including Daniel Defoe the century before, to when Beaufort was a top administrator in the Royal Navy in the 1830s when it was adopted officially and first used during Charles Darwin Darwin’s voyage on Template:HMS eagle

Sir Francis Beaufort's father, Daniel Augustus Beaufort, was a Protestant clergyman in Navan, County Meath, Ireland, and a member of the learned Royal Irish Academy. Francis was born in Navan on 24 May 1774.

Chorcai

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Second law of thermodynamics.

Might be wrong but did Carnot not come up with this law?

Jester252

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Jester252 wrote: »

Charles Parsons Steam Engine

Steam turbine.

It's about three times as energy efficient as the previous generation of steam engine using pistons. It's inclusion in HMS Dreadnought was one of the factors that made all pre-Dreadnought battleships obsolete overnight.

brain fart

Capt'n Midnight

A cure for leprosy

Heat exchanger

Guided torpedoes