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2 days ago · The average life expectancy in Ireland in 2016 was 81.8 years (OECD 2016 list), with 79.9 years for men and 83.6 years for women. It has the highest birth rate in the EU (16.8 births per 1,000 inhabitants, compared to an EU average of 10.7) and a very low infant mortality rate (3.5 per 1,000 live births).
3 days ago · Ireland’s capital is Dublin, a populous and affluent city whose metropolitan area is home to more than one-fourth of the country’s total population. The city’s old dockside neighbourhoods have given way to new residential and commercial development. Cork, Ireland’s second largest city, is a handsome cathedral city and port in the southwest.
4 days ago · The Down Survey of Ireland Taken in the years 1656-1658, the Down Survey of Ireland is the first ever detailed land survey on a national scale anywhere in the world.In addition to other material this website comprises digital images of all the surviving Down Survey maps at parish, barony and county level.
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2 days ago · The minimum age was 16 years from 1 January 1985 to 1 October 1996. Ireland: 18 The sale of tobacco to persons under 18 is illegal. It is illegal to buy or smoke cigarettes if under the age of 18. There is a proposal to increase this to 21. The minimum age was 16 years prior to 27 March 2002. Italy: None 18
1 day ago · In North America the legal drinking age and legal purchase age varies from 18 to 21 years: In Mexico, the drinking age is 18 in all states. In the United States, the minimum legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages is 21 years of age; the two exceptions are Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands where the age is 18.
4 days ago · Dublin became the center of a Norse kingdom in Ireland. The Vikings spread out, taking Waterford in 914 and Limerick in 920, taking and then losing and then taking again Cork, and founding Wexford. They set up market towns and promoted international trade. They intermarried with the locals. They minted coins as early as 997.
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