Ireland

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geographic situation

Ireland is part of the European Union; it is a northern European country, occupying the northwest and south of the island of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean.

Ireland is located to the west of Great Britain, which is separated by the sea and the Canadian St. George River.

Its capital is Dublin

ireland has 4 million inhabitants in 2020

Cliffs of Moher province of munster

saint patrick's cathedral in dublin

history

With the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ireland gained independence in 1922, but Northern Ireland left the new Irish Free State the day after its creation. In 1937, the Republican Constitution of Ireland was adopted and in 1949 Ireland officially declared itself a republic.

From independence (1922) a genuine policy of industrialization was pursued, but Ireland remained a poor country for Western Europe ... In 2007 the country is the second richest in the European Union, behind Luxembourg.

Dublin is divided into 24 districts. It is the only city in Ireland to have a zip code.

people

The Catholic religion in fact plays a predominant role in Irish culture and identity, which has been used to differentiate itself from the United Kingdom.

The history of Ireland begins with the first evidence of human habitation over 10,000 years B.C., when hunter-gatherers from Britain and continental Europe settled on the island.

Several languages are spoken on the island of Ireland which all have official language status: English is the main language spoken.

Climate

The oceanic climate on the island varies very rapidly but in general, it is rather mild and humid all year round with temperatures varying between 5°C and 20°C. ... Temperatures vary during the day between 3°C and 9°C with cloudy skies most of the time.

L ireland has as landscape cliffs, crevasses, caves, small islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

British Lizards ,

The snake ( symbol )

most of the plants in Irish are native orchids

Culture

clover, harp, Guinness, St. Patrick s Day are part of the traditions of Ireland.

For example, St. Patrick's Day is Ireland's national holiday.

It is celebrated on March 17, and every year, Irish people gather to celebrate, sing, dance, drink to show how proud they are to have this nationality.

Irish cinema reflects what they lived and tells their story which is painful and brutal.

film; the wind is rising

or the film Veronica Guerin which shows an Irish journalist, specialized in criminal cases.

she was murdered by drug lords.

this film tells its story

Traditional Irish music is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In A History of Irish Music, W. H. Grattan Flood (composer) wrote that in Gaelic Ireland there were at least ten instruments of general use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d3K-nP_534

emblematic people

Pierce Brosnan, the Irish James Bond

A leprechaun is a small humanoid creature from Irish folklore. It is often depicted as a small old man with a beard, wearing a hat and dressed in red or green.

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