numberOfQuotations = 12;
quotations = new Array(numberOfQuotations);

quotations[0] = "The Irish Republic has never had conscription to its army. The Irish army has been an integral part of the United Nations, despite its small size. It has been instrumental in peace-keeping in many troubled parts of the world.";
quotations[1] = "The death penalty was abolished in the mid-twentieth century in the Irish Republic. It was last used for the murder of a member of the Gardai.";
quotations[2] = "The River Shannon is the longest river in these islands. It traverses the city of Limerick before it enters the Atlantic ocean.";
quotations[3] = "Travel tax is levied on anyone leaving the republic by air. But did you know that groups leaving the country for education reasons may avoid this?";
quotations[4] = "On March 17, 1776 the password of George Washington’s troops at Boston this day is: St. Patrick.";
quotations[5] = "It is a biological fact that there are no snakes in Ireland";
quotations[6] = "All teachers in the Republic must pass an oral examination in Gaelic in order to be able to teach. The Ceard Teastas is a requirement for teachers in all subjects and not just those teaching Irish.";
quotations[7] = "Irish born Patrick Maguire was the first man of Christopher Columbus’ crew to step on North American soil.";
quotations[8] = "Henry Ford (1863-1947) was the son of Irish immigrants, inventor of Model T and founder of automotive industry.";
quotations[9] = "Oliver Pollock, a wealthy Irish merchant, advanced the United States $300,000 during the Revolutionary War which helped assure his close friend George Washington’s victory.";
quotations[10] = "In 1776 eight original signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Irish decent.";
quotations[11] = "In May 1937 (the year the Eire Society was formed) Dail Eireann passes the Executive Authority (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 which retrospectively abolishes the office of Governor-General of the Irish Free State. The abolition is retrospectively dated to December 1936.";
quotations[12] = "The U.S. in 2000 reports that there are roughly 34 million Irish Americans who claim Irish Ancestry, making Irish Americans the second largest ethnic group in the United States.";

function displayQuote()
{
	var now=new Date();
	randomNumber = now.getSeconds() % numberOfQuotations;
	document.write(quotations[randomNumber];
}