17 Times Ireland Proved It's The Best Country

"Why is Ireland so green?" may have been the most asked question about the Emerald Isle in 2016 but there's so much more to Eire than meets the eye.

In fact many Irish stories hit world headlines this year or went viral. Here's some of the best examples of why Ireland is truly the best country:

1. The serenade of a French girl at Euro 2016 made the world love Irish fans:

2. We have the greatest and tiniest president and we defy anyone who disagrees:

Look how cute 'n' tiny the president looks if you think of 1916 wreaths as normal sized wreaths: pic.twitter.com/o7dlOsKdHE

— Fuchsia MacAree (@fuchsiamacaree) February 26, 2016

3. We have a lot to be proud of:

Seeing as it's the 1916 centenary and all,it's probably a good time to recognise our main achievements as a country pic.twitter.com/PhUTzrpr39

— david (@davidmacuidhir) January 23, 2016

4. Ireland has the greatest Netflix show of all time:

I love Kevin spacey in pic.twitter.com/DpoIsPlvSP

— aoife (@AoifeeO) June 4, 2016

5. Fridges know how to be ~Irish~ and patriotic

6. When Ireland got confused but went with it

7. The Spice Bag has made it to France

class pic.twitter.com/3EUZOuV5dw

— cathal (@popeurbanfox) October 18, 2016

8. RIP Harambe

Do it for Harambe @DubGAAOfficial #COYBIB #DUBvMAYO pic.twitter.com/EI50OqzPHg

— Keira Gilleechi (@gilleechi) September 18, 2016

9. When Ireland became one of the hottest places on earth

10. When dads knew what the rets of the world was thinking

My Dad's Thanksgiving blessing is my fave. 😂👌🏾 pic.twitter.com/XAyeYGhkHV

— Siún Ní Dhuinn (@Siuners) November 24, 2016

11. Those O'Donovan brothers charmed us all

Please give those O'Donovan brothers a tv show please. They are hilarious/cool out. Very refreshing #Skibereen pic.twitter.com/RBaK87WWg6

— Emma Gilleece (@Gilleeece) August 12, 2016

12. Twitter made the Rose of Tralee an international event

13. Same for The Late Late Toy Show

USA 🇺🇸: fascist
UK 🇬🇧: gone to shit
Ireland 🇮🇪: Child chanting "Tipp, Tipp, Tipp" to House of Pain's Jump Around #LateLateToyShow

— ⭐ amy o'connor ⭐ (@amyohconnor) December 2, 2016

14. No one understands us, but they try

POLL: What's your favourite Irish word that looks like an English word with an (allegedly) unrelated meaning?

— The Irish For 📚 (@theirishfor) August 31, 2016

15. The truth of it