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Drinking Patterns of the Early Irish

The first alcohol consumed in Ireland was beer (5000 years ago) and mead, however, surprisingly alcohol was not considered the most important drink. That honour went to milk! Cattle looking...

Drinking Patterns of the Early Irish

The first alcohol consumed in Ireland was beer (5000 years ago) and mead, however, surprisingly alcohol was not considered the most important drink. That honour went to milk! Cattle looking...

(Possible) Cocktails of Irish medieval aristocracy

  Irish people circa 1575 One of the most popular alcoholic drinks in medieval Ireland was metheglin, a mead flavoured with rose, thyme and rosemary. Another drink, made from sloes,...

(Possible) Cocktails of Irish medieval aristocracy

  Irish people circa 1575 One of the most popular alcoholic drinks in medieval Ireland was metheglin, a mead flavoured with rose, thyme and rosemary. Another drink, made from sloes,...

Drinking Habits of Ireland's 1916 Revolutionary...

The man who fired the shot credited with starting the 1916 uprising, and leading the flying column which carried out the first military operation of the revolution, Patrick Ramsbottom, was...

Drinking Habits of Ireland's 1916 Revolutionary...

The man who fired the shot credited with starting the 1916 uprising, and leading the flying column which carried out the first military operation of the revolution, Patrick Ramsbottom, was...

A Hundred Years from Prohibition to the Present: Why Scotland thrived while Ireland fell behind

A Hundred Years from Prohibition to the Present...

Front page headlines, and map representing states ratifying Prohibition The New York Times 1/17/1919 It is 100 years and 9 months since the sale of alcohol was prohibited in the...

A Hundred Years from Prohibition to the Present...

Front page headlines, and map representing states ratifying Prohibition The New York Times 1/17/1919 It is 100 years and 9 months since the sale of alcohol was prohibited in the...