Interesting Maps

Seth Brundle wrote: »

What I'm most surprised about that one is how every country in Europe starts their National Anthem with an English word :pac:

It's highly suspect.

Ours starts with Sinn which means 'us' or 'we' doesn't it?

Doesn't start with fkin Soldiers anyway.

There's a guy on Twitter called Simon Kustenmacher, he's a German living in Australia, always putting up good maps.

https://twitter.com/simongerman600

Sky King wrote: »

It's highly suspect.

Ours starts with Sinn which means 'us' or 'we' doesn't it?

Doesn't start with fkin Soldiers anyway.

That's the chorus btw, and the first word in the english language chorus is 'Soldiers'.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

So Ireland spends the most as a percentage of income on alcohol? And it appears it’s not even close.

Combination of being heavy drinkers and very high duty and vat on alcohol.

The areas in red were called 'Zone Rouge' and were no-go areas after WW1. They were filled with unexploded ordnance, bodies, barbed wire, machinery etc. The areas are in rich farmland and were gradually cleared out over the following 80 years. In parts of that area you still need special permission to erect any structure, they government will get teams in to check the earth for bombs and bodies.

For comparison, the distance from Paris at the foot of the map to Lille near the top is about the same as Cork to Dublin.

Lille to Namcy is about the same as Belfast to Tralee.

Excellent thread. Keep ‘em coming. I love maps.

The offend everyone in Europe map

Deleted User wrote: »

There’s been a map like this in my local pub long before Brexit was a twinkle in somebody’s eye

Interesting that those who drew that map didn't allow their dislike of the UK to motivate them to take back the 6 counties.

i can't find it online but in Ed Moloney's book "Voices From the Grave" about a UVF man (David ervine) & about a IRA man (Brendan Hughes) it shows 3 different very detailed maps about The Trouble hot spots. Fiirst map is about the North of Ireland in it's entirety and shows all the the main places in it like Greysteel, Strabane, Sion Mills, Omagh, Crossmaglen, Camlough, Derry Claudy, Newry, Craigavon etc...the only places it shows outside the North are Belturbet, Monaghan town, Dundalk & Pettigo

The second map shows Belfast, it shows all the main places in East, South, West & North. So South you have Andersontown & Castlreagh, in the North you have Ardoyne, Glengormley, Mount Vernon etc.... In the West you have the Truf Lodge, Falls, Ballymurphy, Shankill, Woodvale, Sandy Row, Shankill etc...And in the East you have the Short Strand, Newtownards, Woodstock, Ravenhill etc...

And the final one is about the Falls Road circa 1969.
So you have the Royal Victoria Hospital (not sure if it's there now), Roden street, Grosvenor road, Cyprus street, Lesson street, Little Distillery & places like Divis Flats, the Clonard Monastrey, Bombay street & so on, very interesting just to see clearly how close the UVF & IRA were pusehed up together with RUC & British soldiers in the mix as well, like a giant bomb ready to explode

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

50% of Canadians live below the red line:

And that line would run through Northern Italy in Europe.

KAGY wrote: »

The map of Ireland before and after the Down Survey, the first large scale survey based on triangulation.

http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php

Oh man, I'd love a high quality print out of that for the wall at home.

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

i can't find it online but in Ed Moloney's book "Voices From the Grave" about a UVF man (David ervine) & about a IRA man (Brendan Hughes) it shows 3 different very detailed maps about The Trouble hot spots. Fiirst map is about the North of Ireland in it's entirety and shows all the the main places in it like Greysteel, Strabane, Sion Mills, Omagh, Crossmaglen, Camlough, Derry Claudy, Newry, Craigavon etc...the only places it shows outside the North are Belturbet, Monaghan town, Dundalk & Pettigo

The second map shows Belfast, it shows all the main places in East, South, West & North. So South you have Andersontown & Castlreagh, in the North you have Ardoyne, Glengormley, Mount Vernon etc.... In the West you have the Truf Lodge, Falls, Ballymurphy, Shankill, Woodvale, Sandy Row, Shankill etc...And in the East you have the Short Strand, Newtownards, Woodstock, Ravenhill etc...

And the final one is about the Falls Road circa 1969.
So you have the Royal Victoria Hospital (not sure if it's there now), Roden street, Grosvenor road, Cyprus street, Lesson street, Little Distillery & places like Divis Flats, the Clonard Monastrey, Bombay street & so on, very interesting just to see clearly how close the UVF & IRA were pusehed up together with RUC & British soldiers in the mix as well, like a giant bomb ready to explode

Lots of similar maps on the Cain website

Not sure has this been posted already

IAMAMORON wrote: »

In the English version of Amhrán Na Bhfhian there are some liberties taken on translation to enable the anthem to be sung smoothly.

Sinn é Fianna Fáil

Translates to

Soldiers are we

Yes it actually says We are soldiers, but try singing it that way as opposed to We are Soldiers. It doesn't have the same ring to it, thus the switch.

It cuts both ways. The line

"Anocht a théam sa Bhearna Bhaoil"

gets a direct translation to

Tonight we will man the "Bhearna Bhaoil"

The literal translation of Bhearna Bhaoil is " the gap of danger" it is actually an area in the Wicklow Mountains somewhere around the glen of Imal and Lug na Quilla. Famous bandit area around 400 years ago, but that is a different story.

In the Irish version the "Bhearna Bhaoil" is actually a symbol of bravery against future problems. It is about standing up to adversity and doing the right thing, kind of. Being brave for your country. Fighting for what is right against all odds etc.

To be more accurate, the Anthem was originally composed in English. The Irish version is the translation. so any "liberties taken" are there as Gaeilge.