Ireland's colonisation of the world before dinosaurs walked the Earth

Kya deLongchamps reveals Ireland’s special claim to fame and the dramatic role it played in colonising the Earth before the Age of the Dinosaur

ONE thing I love about our country is that we really do believe, hand on heart, that we have the biggest, deepest, oldest, most important and — (soaked in gorgeous) — just about everything.

Well, obviously. Quietly bristling with misplaced pride, O’Connell Street, Dubliners will tell you, is the widest boulevard in Europe. It’s not. The Champs Elysses is about twice as wide. Phoenix Park is touted by taxi drivers as the largest municipal park in the World. It’s not. La Mandria in Venaria Reale and Richmond Park in London have a deer-littered, greater sprawl.