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DESTINATION IRELANDhttp://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB

1. What i s the n ickname of I re land? The emera ld is le

2. How many provinces did i t have? Four

3 . Wr i te thei r names here: Leinster , Munster , Conacht , U lster

4 . Northern I re land is part of Uni ted Kingdom

5. What ’s the name of the capital of The Republ ic of I re land?

Dubl in

6. Wr i te the names of the ci t ies ment ioned in the v ideo

a. Dubl in b. Newgrange c. Galway d. T ipperary

7. DUBLIN FACTSa. THE RIVER: L i f fey

b. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Tr in i ty Col lege

c. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST L IBRARIES

8. OTHER PARTS OF IRELAND

a. What ’s NEWGRANGE? There is a mass ive tomb.

b. I t ’ s compared to the Pyramids of Gizha

c. What happens in Newgrange dur ing the winter sols t ice?

A beam of l ight enter to the cent ra l chamber , the exper ience is

i luminated.

9 . Wr i te 5 di f ferent types of bui ld ings that you can f ind al l over

I re land:

a. CASTLES

b. CHURCHES

c. TOWERS

d. MONASTERIES

e. FORTRESSES

10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was v is i ted by St . Pat r ick and BECAME

a Medieval Cathedral .

11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near Galway

a. They r i se over s i x hundred and f i f ty feet .

b. Convert that into metres . 198 meters

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12. THE BURREN has a sur real landscape of cracked l imestone

13. OTHER LEISURE ACTIVIT ITES : In I re land you can

a. Travel along the r iver Shannon.

b. R ide horses in Connemara

c. st ro l l th rough quaint towns or the lush count rys ide

14. How is the count rys ide of I re land descr ibed?

Is coloured wi th 40 shades of green.

15. AFTER THE VIDEO: ENRICH THIS DOCUMENT OF IRELAND WITH BEAUTIFUL

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO.

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