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The cows in Kilmichael Cork, Ireland appreciate good music. When young Grace Lehane played a song on her concertina, which is an accordion-like instrument, the cows on her father’s farm came running! They stood along the fence and listened to her play. They couldn’t clap for her, but they gave her a standing ovation!
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It’s Saint Patrick’s Day, time to celebrate Saint Patrick and one very special Paddy! Saint Patrick was British, but became a Christian missionary in Ireland in the 5th century. Saint Patrick’s Day has become a celebration of all things Irish, from shamrocks to leprechauns to the color green! Happy Paddy’s Day!
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Sinead Kane is blind, so it’s not easy for her to run 81 miles just anywhere. But she did it on a treadmill in a hotel gym, setting a world record for distance run by a female on a treadmill in 12 hours! The Irish runner has also run marathons on every continent!
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55 year-old Dermot Higgins is a retired teacher from Dublin on a mission. He wants to be the oldest man to circumnavigate the globe by bicycle! He’ll be biking over 19,000 miles and is currently crossing the U-S-A. He plans to be in New York’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade, and return to Dublin by Easter. Go Go Dermo!
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As the Beast from the East and Storm Emma merge into a blizzard over Great Britain and Ireland, bread is in high demand. Some stores have limited the number of loaves people can buy, and bread deliveries are cleaned out in minutes. With flour, sugar, yeast, salt and water, you can make your own!
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The Dublin Zoo is enjoying its newest addition: a baby elephant! Weighing nearly 200 pounds, the Asian elephant calf arrived to mom Anak after a 22 month pregnancy! All the females in the herd are helping to take care of him. He hasn’t been named yet, but you can visit him if you’re in Ireland.
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The Belfast Zoo introduced its newest member to the public. The baby is a François langur, a primate native to China, Vietnam and Laos. He was born to mom Nicoleen and dad AJ and is named Huadian, which is Chinese for rascal. Apparently he has a cheeky personality!
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Ancient dog bones from an archaeological dig in Germany provided new clues about how dogs evolved from wolves. The 5000 to 7000 year-old bones held DNA that suggested dogs were domesticated 30,000 years ago and then migrated around the world. Dogs from India, Ireland and Germany all have common ancestors. Your dog’s great-great times 4000 grandpa was a wolf!
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A gigantic 22 pound hunk of butter was discovered in a bog in Ireland. The butter is 2000 years old! Butter used to be so valuable that it may have been buried as an offering to the gods. The bog preserved it so well that it is still edible! Now I just need bread.
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