by Ian McLelland

Ireland

Table of Contents1.Map,Absolute and Relative  location p32.Timeline  p4 3.   Regions in Ireland P5 4.Form of Government  and currency p65.Shelter p76. Family life p87.Religions p98.Values p109.Food p1110.Entertainment, hobbies, sports p1211.Irish Holidays and Customs p1312.Clothing p14

MapAbsolute and

Relative location 

Ireland is in Northwestern Europe, and its relative

location is a 50.20 longitude and its latitude

is -6.15 

Time Line500ad               1527               1921Ireland was   The first ever       Ireland wasfirst                game of hand     founded as a mentioned   ball was played      free countryin historical       in Ireland times     

           998                 1921The vikings                 Ireland signed a treaty        founded Dublin            with the UK                                                                                        

 

 

ReRegions in Ireland

Ireland has flat and rugged land and has a lot of lush green landscape:mountains, lowlands, coasts,steep hills,low plains rocky lands,steep cliffs, beaches and islands.

Ireland is a republic

country.Their type of currency

is the Euro. 

Form of Government and currency 

Shelter 

Shelter in Ireland is tall apartment buildings, large modern houses outside the city,but

inside the city they live in row houses. The

houses are made out of cement and brick.

Family LifeFamilies in Ireland  are often large.

They live  with their parents until they are married. Elderly relatives

remain with the family. Women used to work at home but now they  take jobs outside the house. Since ancient times it has been rude to turn strangers away. Families eat and go to church together. After primary school students attend a secondary school. Many have a special  job training or go off to

college. 

Religions Religions in Ireland are Roman Catholic, Christian, Church of

Ireland and there are other religions.

Values Going to pubs is a perfect

activity for all ages. Teenagers enjoy movies and

dancing. The traditional special date is the graduating

ball. More than 70% of women chose to have a

catholic wedding. Catholic and some civil people  have their weddings  in a church.

Civil people have their weddings in a civil office.

FoodThe Irish cook hearty foods. They

serve crusty brown soda bread made from wheat, flour. A full

Irish breakfast would be sausage, bacon, eggs, Irish pudding,

baked beans, boiled tomatoes, bread and butter and tea.

Potatoes are a big part of the Irish diet. Boxty is a baked dish of

potatoes mashed, with butter, buttermilk and flour. Champ is

boiled potatoes mashed, butter, milk, and scallions.

EntertainmentHobbiesSports

Traditional sports in Ireland are football,and hurtling (hurtling is     like field hockey).In football teams of 15 kick a soccer like ball in a goal. They also play rugby and horse racing.For

hobbies they play golf,dance, and sports.For  entertainment they watch

all the sporting events,watch the bagpipers on St. Patrick's day,and a

lot more activities .  

Irish  Holidays and Customs

Irish customs are having a parade on St. Patrick's day

with bagpipes performing  in it.The Irish celebrate many

Roman Catholic holidays, for instance Christmas,and

Easter  are very important to the Irish family's. Other

holidays the celebrate  are May day, New years day,St.

Stephens  day and St Patrick's day.

Clothing in IrelandIn Ireland the clothing that they wear are fancy kilts for special occasion witch includes arms, chunky sweaters and chunky figured cloaks.Women wear dress's for special occasion, similar to the ones that the people in the US wear.The every day kind of clothing that they wear is blue jeans,long sleeved shirt with collar and buttons up the front.They also wear some US and European clothing to.                  

                      GlossaryBagpipes- a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protrudingfrom a windbag into which the air is blown by the mouth or a bellows

Catholic-pertaining to the whole Christian body or churchChristian-  of, pertaining to, or derived from Jesus Christ  or His teachingsChristmas-a holiday celebrating Jesus Christs birthChurch of Ireland-autonomous branch of the Church of England in IrelandCivil Office-an office of the civil people in Ireland

Easter-a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ Euro-the type of money they use in the Britten and Switzerland area 

Latitude-the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the pointLongitude-angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian

May Day- the first day of May, long celebrated with various festivities, asthe crowning of the May queen, dancing around the Maypole, and,in recent years, often marked by labor parades and political demonstrations

New Years Day-the first day of the new year(January 1)

pub-a bar or tavern

Roman Catholic-of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church Rugged-having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface

St.Patricks Day-March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of IrelandSt. Stephens Day-a day in honor of Saint Stephen  

                     IndexC                            H                      Religion-9Clothing-14            History-4                    Customs-13           Hobbies-12       S                               Holidays-13      School-8E                                                     Shelter-7                      Entertainment-12    L                      Sports-12                               Location-3                                                        VF                             M                      Values-10                    Family Life-8           Money-6Food-11

G                             RGovernment-6         Regions-5                                     

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