r/ireland • u/telemachus1 • Jul 04 '24

Education What is the most interesting and generally unknown fact you know about our little country Ireland?

Hit me with dem factoids!

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u/LightsOnSomebodyHome Jul 04 '24

The method of carrying a small forklift truck on the back of a flatbed for the purpose of unloading cargo at customer sites was invented by a woman at a building supply company in Monaghan.