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-SITUATION:
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic to the west of Great Britain. It’s separated of Europe with the English Channel.
-CITIES:
In Ireland there are lots of cities how Dublin and Cork
DUBLIN CORK
Dublin is the capital of Ireland.
-Dublin:
-Cork: It is located in the south-east Region.
-Monuments:
It is located in the northeast near the Bush mills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.
-Climate:
The weather is cold winter and cool summers.
-Density:
It’s around 4,000/km2
FLAGFLAGThe color of the green represents the Irish people, the orange represents the English supporters of "William of Orange" and the white color represents peace.
In ancient Ireland the Shamrock was thought to have magical powers and the number 3 was considered a powerful
number.
THE SYMBOL IS THE SHAMROCK
GOVERNMENTThere’s a constutional government with a president.
CAPITALDublin is the capital of Ireland. Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey.
This is the river of Dublin
RELIGION
Christianity is the largest religion in the Republic of Ireland based on baptisms. Irish Christianity is dominated by the Roman Catholic Church which has 84.2% of the population as followers.
LANGUAGE
The language of Ireland is Irish.
This is the percent of people who talk Irish.
TRADITIONSMarch 17th
marks the day of St Patrick, celebrated by millions of people around the world. In Ireland, St Patrick’s Day was always held as an important religious day to celebrate the teachings of Christianity by St Patrick.
CULTURE
The culture of Ireland includes customs and traditions, language,music, art, literature, folklore, cuisine and sports associated with Ireland.
CURIOSITIES
The Irish consume in average 131.1 liters of beer per year - the 2nd highest per-capita consumption after the Czech Republic.
Ireland has won seven times the Eurovision Song Contest (in 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996), more than any other country.
The Tara Mine near Navan, County Meath, is the largest zinc mine in Europe, and the fifth largest in the world.
About half of the population of Australia can claim Irish ancestry.
And more curiosities in this web…
http://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eupedia.com%2Fireland%2Ftrivia.shtml&ei=2YZsU7-IPImk0QWX-4GwCw&usg=AFQjCNHKkPrS1YpxWbEmAvEEzrPXpZQaAQ&bvm=bv.66330100,d.d2k&cad=rja
The coin of Ireland is the euro since 2002.
COIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs2rbGT-EKo
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