British "limeys"

Interesting, from IMDB's entry about the John Adams mini series currently airing:

Did You Know?: History buffs might recall that a British Navy surgeon shortly before 1750 concluded that sailors, by sucking on limes, could reduce the incidence of painful and debilitating scurvy. Concurrent experiments involving sailors taking vinegar or sea water failed. Eighteenth century medicine was unaware that limes contained Vitamin C (a substance not really understood until the 1930s) and also did not fully comprehend scurvy as a nutritional disease, but crews were issued limes in their rations after the field study. British sailors and later British people generally were nicknamed "limeys" shortly afterward. At the film's dock set, around a peck of sucked-on cut limes litter the ground as if discarded by sailors.

Northern Ireland conflicts

NORTHERN IRELAND'S HISTORY OF CONFLICT

Key dates in tensions between Protestants and Catholics: 1921: Northern Ireland is formed from six provinces that opt out of a self-government agreement offered by Britain and accepted by the southern part of Ireland. 1967-68: Northern Ireland's Catholics push for voting rights and demonstrate against unionist power in Northern Ireland. 1972: Direct rule of Northern Ireland from London begins. Violence against British troops quickly follows. Police report more than 1,400 bombings; 470 people are killed during the conflict's bloodiest year. 1994: Mostly Catholic Irish Republican Army announces a cease-fire. It lasts until February 1996, when the IRA sets off a bomb in London, killing two. 1998: USA helps broker the Good Friday peace accord in Northern Ireland. Voters in Ireland and Northern Ireland endorse it. 2005: IRA agreement to disarm clears way for implementation of the agreement. 2006: Great Britain and Ireland prod Northern Ireland's politicians to move forward on home rule and shared power. 2007: Voters elect a new assembly on March 7, giving the Protestant and Catholic political parties the power to form an executive government. Monday: If Northern Ireland doesn't form a government by this deadline set by Britain and Ireland, Britain will continue to rule it in consultation with Ireland. Reporting by Melanie Eversley, USATODAY. Sources: Wire reports and USA TODAY research