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Video: Rewriting the history of Ireland

The Spire was built to commemorate the launch of Ireland’s manned space programme in 1983. What do you mean you didn’t know that?

DID YOU KNOW that the Spire was built by the Office of Public Erections? That drinking Dublin canal water is a cure for syphilis?

Then you haven’t seen Radical Science’s guide to Dublin city, presented by Gary Farrelly and directed by Oisin Byrne. We can’t wait for the next installment. Cork, maybe?

via byrneoisin/Youtube

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