COBH HARBOUR FROM THE SEA

• Are we in Ireland?

• Yes, we´re in Ireland. At Cobh´s Harbour.

• How nice!

•  Long time ago many Irishmen set off to America from this port. They had to emigrate because they had no food and many people died because of the potatoe famine

•And that tower? •That´s Saint Colman´s Cathedral. •I like those ships.  •We must go. Good luck!(They say goodbye to their sea friends)

 •Bye! •Thank you for the trip! 

They go for a walk in the harbour and they meet a boy with a basket full of fish.

• Hello! What are you doing?

• I must carry these salmons to Cork.

• Cork? What´s that?

• It´s a city. Would you like to come with me?

• O.K.

• Where are you from?

• We´re from Spain, from Galicia.

• I´ve heard Galicia looks like Ireland.

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• We´d like to know if you could help us.

•  Of course.

 

• We´ve got this coin, is this a harp?

 

• That´s right.This is a Dagda´s harp.

They arrived in Cork.

•  I like Cork. What´s that?

•  It´s a church, St. Ann´s Shandon.

•  And what´s that on the top?

•  It´s a weather vane, it´s a salmon!

• The tower has got four clocks!

• That´s right. We call it the four-faced liar.

CORK

• Look!  That´s the old Butter Exchange. Butter is very important in Ireland, we cook everything with butter.

•  In Galicia we use oil.

•  Saint Brigid made butter in Ireland 1500 years ago.

•  Saint Brigid? Who´s that?

• She´s a saint. We celebrate her day on February 1st -when warm season starts.

•  What do you do in Ireland that day?

•  We make crosses with plants and put them above the doors of the houses.

• This is Saint Patrick Street.

• And that building over there?

• It´s the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery.

• What can you see there?

•  You can see many Irish artists´ pictures and some beautiful stained-glass windows. Do you know James Barry? He´s an important Irish painter, and here they have some of his paintings.

 

 

• Look! That´s St. Finbarr´s Cathedral and over there is the National Monument in Grand Parade street.

•  That´s beautiful!

• I must go into the English Market

• Hush, listen to that music?

•  Oh,look! The Chieftains are playing!

•  The chiefteins of the story?

•  No, the Chiefteins are an Irish band, they play folk music. Imust stop here.Why don´t you go to Kinsale?.

• O.K. Let´s go! 

 

• This is Kinsale.

• What´s that tower?

• It´s Desmond Castle. Here the global wine trade took place.

• In Galicia we have

good wines.

• I like that smell!

KINSALE

They go into a place where an old woman is cooking.

•   Here there is a Festival of Fine Food.

•  Can we try it?• Look this is colcanon.• Mm! It tastes

delicious.And that?• That´s brown bread. • Can I have a glass of

water?• In Ireland when we eat

we drink coffee or tea, we never drink water.

• I prefer tea then! 

• Look! A castle!

•  It´s Blarney Castle.

•  What are they doing?

• They´re kissing the stone of Eloquence to get “the gift of the gab”. From here you can see Blarney House.

•  I like Ireland a lot!

BLARNEY

Now they´re in Killarney. • Look at those cars. •They´re Tilburies. • How nice! It´s a funny transport! • Here you can see the Museum of Irish Transport. It´s got bycicles, motorbikes, fire engines,...

 

KILLARNEY

•Look! What are they playing ?

• They´re playing Gaelic Football. Each team has got 15 players and they can touch the ball with feet and hands.

• The ball is smaller than football´s.

• Yes, here we prefer this sport to socker-a similar sport to football.

• They decide to visit the lakes the lakes.• Let´s go!• These are the lakes: Muckross Lake, Upper Lake and Lough Leane.• They are very nice. Look at those water steps!• It´s Torc Waterfall. And we can see also Muckross House.•I miss the sea! Are we very far from the sea?• No, I must go to Dingle, and there you´ll see the sea.• Let´s go!

 

• This is Dingle.• Is it an island?•  No, It´s a peninsula.•  Look at that big fish!•  It´s Fungie! It´s a dolphin, it lives here since 1983 and it´s very friendly.•  Hello Fungie!

 

DINGLE

• Look at that big orange!

• That´s not an orange, it´s a pumpkin.

• Right! We make faces with them in “Samaín” Festival

•    I like Ireland a lot!

•  Well, I must go back to Cobh...