Ireland

By: Mitchell Tesch, Jesse Warner

Physical Geography

The island of Ireland is located in the north-west of Europe, between latitudes 51° and 56° N, and longitudes 11° and 5° W.

Landforms5 major landforms

Coastline- Ireland’s coastline includes one of its most famous natural features: the Giant’s Causeway.

Mountains- Ireland’s mountains are concentrated in the northeast and southwest of the island. In County Down, the Mourne Mountains

Rivers- Ireland’s longest river is the Shannon

Plateaus- Ireland has two major plateau areas. The first, in County Antrim,

Lakes - Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles.

Human made FeaturesNewgrange

Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

Round Towers

Climate mild, moist and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes.

Pollution and ManagementAir Pollution 17.36 Very Low

Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility

21.88 Low

Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal

25.00 Low

Dirty and Untidy 47.66 Moderate

Noise and Light Pollution 40.62 Moderate

Water Pollution 34.68 Low

Dissatisfaction to Spend Time in the City

16.91 Very Low

Dissatisfaction with Green and Parks in the City

26.72 Low

Region

Place or Region

Both 6 different languages

Population4.959 million

Human Interaction

Ireland is known for its rich soil and lush vegetation. The people of Ireland reap the benefits by farming and ranching the lands

Culture● Ethnic and racial minorities make up about 12 percent of the population of Ireland.● Although they are small in number, the nomadic Travellers are an indigenous

ethnic minority group, defined by their shared customs, traditions, and language, who have lived in Ireland for centuries.

● In Ireland, Irish is the first official language, and English is the second.● Ethnic groups include: 96.4% White, 1.7% Asian, 1.1% Black, 0.8% Other.● Social classes include terms of working class, middle class, and lower class.● Big Irish human interactions include understatement- non boastful, being easy-

going, and slagging or teasing.● Regional

Economy● Type - The economy of Ireland is a modern knowledge economy, that focuses on services and

high-tech industries and dependent on trade, investment and industry.● Main Industries include pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, computer software and

hardware, food products, beverages and brewing.● Imports - Data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum

and petroleum products, textiles and clothing.● Exports - Computers, machinery and equipment, chemicals, medical devices,

pharmaceuticals, food products and animal products.● Agriculture - The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine currently the agri-food sector in

Ireland contributes a value of 24 billion euro to the national economy. Ireland is a net importer of cereal grains. Spring Barley is the most popular cereal crop grown by farmers and is used for the malting, seed and feed industries in the country. Winter wheat, winter barley and winter and spring oats are the other important grain crops produced for the agri-food industry.

● Trade - Main export partners : U.S., U.K., Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Netherlands and Spain.Main import partners : U.K., U.S., Germany, China, Netherlands, France, Norway, Japan.

Natural ResourcesNatural resources include natural gas, petroleum, peat, copper, lead,

blueberries, dolomite, barite, limestone, gypsum, silver and zinc.

Human Resources

A big human resource in Ireland would be taxing, claims of a tax yield of some 1.7 billion euro.