Ireland –The Ireland –The Emerald IsleEmerald Isle

Area: 70 273 km² Population of Eire:3 523 000 (1991 census) Capital: Dublin Language: Irish (official)

Nothern Nothern IrelandIreland

Area: 13,843 km²Population of Northern Ireland:1 589 400 Capital: BelfastLanguage: Irish (official)

DublinDublinDublin is the capital and largest city of the Republic

of Ireland.Area: 114.99 km²

Population (2002): 495,781

BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital and largest city of the Nothern

Ireland.Area: 115 km²

Population (2001): 276,459

National Day: St. Patricks day 17th March

National Plant: Shamrock

Flag: The Irish flag is also known as the TRICOLOUR

The Irish National Athem: The Soldier’s Song (Amhran na bhFiann)

St. Patrick

Shamrock

There's a dear little plant that grows in our Isle Twas st . Patrick himself, sure, that set it;

And the sun of his labour with pleasure did smile,

And with dew from his eye often wet it.

It grows through the bog, through the brake, through the mireland,

And they call it the dear little shamrock of Ireland.

National symbolsNational symbols

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick DayDaySt. Patrick's Day honors St. Patrick, the

patron saint of Ireland. We celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17. Americans march in parades, dance the Irish jig and gather to

sing Irish songs. People wear green in memory of Ireland, the Emerald Isle and wear shamrocks, clover with three leaves.

March 17 was not the day St. Patrick was born but the day he died. Even though we don't know the date of his birth, most scholars

believe the year was 385 AD and the year of his death was 461 AD.

St. Patrick was born in Scotland, studied religion to become a priest and then went to Ireland to teach the people about God. There are many wonderful stories about St. Patrick,

some true and some not true. The most famous legend is that he drove the snakes out

of Ireland. This did not happen but the Irish will tell you that you cannot find a snake throughout the whole country of Ireland.

Flag of St. Patrick

19th century unofficial Irish flag Flag of the Republic of Ireland

Flag of Nothern Ireland

National National FlagsFlags

Irish Irish GeographyGeography

Climate: Mild temperate.Rainfall is 2500mm (100inches) in the West to 750mm (30 inches) in the East.

Highest point Eire: Carrantuohill 1041 metres

Highest point N.Ireland: Slieve Donard 852 metres

Principal rivers: Shannon, Suir, Boyne, Barrow, Erne

Largest Lake: Lough Neagh in the centre of Northern Ireland

Irish MusicIrish MusicThe instruments of Irish music are the fiddle, the bodhran (a single handed drum) the uieann pipes and harf.

IRISH POP GROUPS:IRISH POP GROUPS:-Chris de Burgh-The Corrs-Enya-Samantha Mumba-Sinead O’Connor-U2-Westlife Chris de Burgh

U2U2U2 is an Irish Rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. on drums.

EnyaEnyaEnya, birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes presented in the media as the Anglicized Enya Brennan; born May 17, 1961), is Ireland's best-selling solo musician. As a musical group, Enya is really three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages. Enya is a phonetic approximation of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish. Enya is one of the biggest selling female artists in history, and was the world's biggest selling female artist of 2001 and 2002.

Irish FoodIrish FoodStarter:

Potato soupOnion soup

Smoked salmon mousse

Fish:trout

salmom

Main courses:Pork in Guinness

Spiced BeefIrish Stew

Roast leg of lamb and mustanrdDublin Coddle

Spiced chicken and Whiskey and PineappleBaccon/Ham

Gammon steaks with Wiskey sauceBeef and Bacol Roll

Potato soup

Irish FoodIrish FoodVegetables:

CalcannonBaked parsnips

Potatoes:Potato cakes

ChampBoxty

Dessert:Gaelic SouffleFruit Crumble

Bread and Butter Pudding

Tea time:Guinnes fruit cakeIrish brown bread

Soda breadScones

Thick ShothbreadFlapjacks

GingerbreadPancakes

Drinks:Hot WhiskeyIrish Coffe

Scones

Irish FaunaIrish FaunaOnly 31 mammal species are native to

Ireland, again because it was isolated from Europe by rising sea levels after the Ice Age.

Some species, such as the Red Fox, Hedgehog, Stoat, and Badger are very

common, whereas others, like the Red Deer and Pine Marten are rare and only seen in certain national parks and nature reserves around the island. Some introduced species have become thoroughly naturalised, e.g.

rabbits and the Brown Rat. See List of Irish Mammals. About 400 bird

species have been recorded in Ireland, many of which are migratory, either arctic birds

who come in the winter, or birds such as the Swallow which come from Africa in the summer to breed. Ireland has a very rich

marine avifauna, with many large seabird colonies dotted around its coastline such as

those on the Saltee Islands and Skellig Michael.

Sport in Sport in IrelandIreland

Traditional Traditional sportssports-Gaelic football-Hurling-Gaelic handball-Rugby union-Greyhound racing-Equestrianism

The Irish Sports Council regulates all sporting bodies in

Ireland

Gaelic Gaelic footballfootball

Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in

Ireland where it is the most popular sport.

Teams of 15 players kick or punch a round ball

towards goals at either end of a grass pitch.

There is no offside rule.

HurlingHurlingHurling (Irish Language, Iomáint) is an outdoor team sport of Celtic origin, played with sticks and a ball. The

game, played primarily in Ireland, is arguably the world's fastest field team sport in terms of gameplay (however the ball travels faster in other field games

such as hockey). It resembles the games of shinty that is played primarily in Scotland and bandy that was

played formerly in England and Wales. Hurling played by women is also known as camogie. Hurling is one of

Ireland's native sports.

It is proper to It is proper to tour places tour places

which:which:1. Cashel.

2. Killarney.3. Bunratty Castle.4. Clonmacnoise.

5. Drogheda.6. Newgrange.7. Glendalough. Cashel

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March 17, March 17, 20062006