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The Whiddy Island disaster was a catastrophic event on January 8, 1979, when the French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded at the Gulf Oil terminal in Bantry Bay, Ireland, killing 50 people (49 on the ship/jetty and one diver later) and causing immense destruction, ultimately attributed to structural failure, inadequate maintenance, and cost-cutting measures by the tanker's operator, Total S.A., leading to severe buckling and explosions while discharging oil

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The Irish Crown Jewel Hiest was the 1907 theft of the ceremonial jewels of the Order of St. Patrick from Dublin Castle, a major unsolved scandal involving Sir Arther Vicars (Ulster King of Arms) and potential inside job suspects like Francis Shackleton, with the valuable emerald- and diamond-encrusted regalia never recovered and sparking political intrigue between nationalist and unionist factions.

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The Brusselstown Ring archaeological find in County Wicklow, Ireland, is a massive prehistoric hillfort with over 600 house platforms, making it the largest nucleated settlement found in prehistoric Britain and Ireland, dating to the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (around 1200-800 BC). This discovery, part of the Baltinglass Hillfort Cluster, challenges ideas about early Irish towns, suggesting large, complex settlements emerged centuries earlier than previously thought, with evidence of organized structures like potential water cisterns and dense housing.

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There was a massive explosion on March 11, 1597, when a stockpile of gunpowder on the docks in Dublin ignited. The explosion devastated central Dublin, killing 126 people, and halting city growth for decades. The explosion was in midst of a clerk's mismanagement of workers that lead to a porter strike. The strike causing an unusual build up of gunpowder.

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Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968, killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford. The cause of the crash has never been determined but there is some evidence to British military possible involvement.

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Labraid Loingsech, also known as Labraid Lorc, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. A king above all the other Kings. He was an ancestor of the Laigin clan, who gave their name to the province of Leinster. There is an early dynastic poem that calls him "a god among the gods", suggesting he may once have been an ancestor-deity of the Laigin.

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The Song of Amergin is an ancient, powerful Gaelic poem from Irish mythology. It was spoken by the bard Amergin when the Milesians (Celts) arrived in Ireland to claim the land from the Tuatha Dé Danann. He identified himself with the land's spirit through myriad natural and elemental forms (stag, wind, wave, sunbeam, etc.) to quell a magical storm and assert divine right. It's considered perhaps the oldest poem from the all the Islands of the west coast of Europe. It is found in ancient texts like the Book of Leinster, and is known for its enigmatic, transformative imagery, asserting control over the land's essence.

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Eiocha was born by the sea and earth when the world was nothing, empty and void. She births gods and becomes a symbol of fertility and rebirth.

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