Ireland

Ireland is the second largest isle of the British Isles, in the North Atlantic Ocean; it’s all surrounded by the sea and its coasts are indented.

Plans form the most part of Ireland and there are low mountains that look like hills.

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Area: 70.273 Km² Density: 55 pop/ Km²

Population: 3.841.000 Capital: Dublin

Religion: Catholic

Ethnic majority: Irish 94%, Scottish and English 6%General description

Principal mountain: Mt. Carrantuohill 1041 mMountains

Irish mountains are part of the Caledonian system which are part the mountains of Great Britain and Ireland.Their tops aren’t very high because they are old.

Principal river: Shannon 360 Km

Rivers

The most important characteristics of Irish rivers are:

• a short length;• the regular presence of water;• an estuary mouth.

Lakes

There are a lot of lakes in Ireland. Most of them are on the Atlantic seaboard. They are so many because of the glaciations.

The seas that sourround Ireland are: the Irish Sea, the North Channel, the St George’s Channel and the Celtic Sea which are all part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Seas

Plains

The largest part of Ireland is formed by huge plains so it’s very green.Because of this Ireland is also called the “Emerald Island”

Climate

Ireland has a mild, but changeable climate all the year: in Ireland it can rain at any time and anywhere. Temperatures vary from about 19-20 degrees Celsius during Summer to 0-3 degrees Celsius during Winter. The average national temperature is 9 degrees Celsius.

Climate

The economy of Ireland has transformed in recent years from an agricultural focus to

one dependent on trade, industry and investment.

Economy

Dublin is the capital of Ireland and it has got 325,000 inhabitants.

Dublin is a major European cultural centre and the origin of many prominent literary figures.

Dublin is the centre of both media and communications in Ireland, with many newspapers, radio stations, television stations and telephone companies.

Cities

Cork is the second city of the Republic of Ireland and Ireland’s second most populous city after Dublin.

Cork's most famous building is the church tower of Shandon.

The city has many local traditions in food and customs.

Famously traditional Cork foods include Crubeens and Tripe and Drisheen.

Cork

There are a lot of Dolmen in Ireland. They’re very big buildings made of large stones and they were built by the early Neolithic peoples of the British isles in the period 4000 BC to 3000 BC.

Monuments

There are a lot of castles and towers, but some of them are ruins.

Castles

GREEN: represents the catholics who want an unit Ireland

WHITE: represents the hope for peace

ORANGE: represents the protestant community