Craig Duke, a former Northern Ireland resident, KCK Assistant Fire Chief, rocket scientist, famous kilt designer and KCIF board member, offers us a lesson or two on his homeland.
First and foremost Northern Ireland is pronounced “Norn Iron” by the locals, so try repeating this simple phrase 3 times and the next time you go on a trip to Norn Iron you will fit right in. So let’s look at what you should know about Norn Iron before you go on your first visit.
Famous People
These are a few of the famous people both living and deceased from Norn Iron:
Famous people (still living): Van Morrison (singer songwriter); Liam Neeson (actor); Stephen Rea (actor): Kenneth Branagh (actor) Craig Duke (Assistant Fire Chief).
Norn Iron is also well known for a few other things.
- For example did you know that the famous luxury liner Titanic was built in Belfast.
- Bushmills Distillery is the oldest licensed distillery in the world and to this day produces some of the best tasting Irish Whiskey.
- Beleek China is world renowned and anyone who goes on a visit to Norn Iron will usually pick up a piece of china for a souvenir.
- Norn Iron has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. We have Giant’s Causeway, one of the natural wonders of the world, the Mourne Mountains, County Antrim Coast line, and in Downpatrick the grave site of St. Patrick himself.
So now you know a little bit about Norn Iron, tomorrow we will start our lesson on speaking Norn Iron .The accent of the people from Norn Iron is very unique, we have a tendency to speak very fast and utilize words or phrases from the English language to mean something completely different from its original meaning, which can sometimes frustrate the average tourist when asking for directions or information.
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I'll have you know Mr. Craig Duke that rumors of my demise have been grossly exaggerated. I'm not dead yet!
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