Sašas and Gaļinas prezentation

1. Ireland Sašas and Gaļinas prezentation

2. Ireland is located in Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain.

3. The trerrain of Ireland is mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains;

4. sea cliffs on west coast

5. Climate: Ireland is temperature maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time Winter temperatureisfrom ~ +3° along +8° C; summerfrom +15° along +20° C.

6. The coat of arms of Ireland Is a gold harp with silver strings on a blue background. The harp has been recognised as a symbol of Ireland since the 13th century The image of the harp is used on coins, passports, and official documents of the state;

7. Anthem alsts himna Seo dhibh a cháirde duan Óglaigh,Cathréimeach briomhar ceolmhar, Ár dtinte cnámh go buacach táid,'S an spéir go min réaltogachIs fonnmhar faobhrach sinn chun gleo'S go tiúnmhar glé roimh thíocht do'n lóFé chiúnas chaomh na hoiche ar seol:Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann The Soldier's Song was written in 1907 by Peadar Kearney, but was not widely known until it was sung both at the GPO during the Easter Rising of 1916 and later at various camps where republicans were interned. Soon after, it was adopted as the national anthem, replacing God Save Ireland. The first edition of the song was published only in 1916.'

8. Currency EUR Language Irish and English

9. Dublin is the capital and largest city in Ireland, near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast. Founded as a centre of Viking settlement, the city has been Ireland's capital since mediæval times. .

10. Famous Ireland writer: Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

11. Famous Ireland writer: Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

12. Dance Riverdance Riverdance is themostpopular dance in Ireland and in the World.

13. HISTORY

14. The first known human settlement in Ireland began around 8000 BC Famous Neolithic sites such as New grange

15. here are about 1200 megalithic structures in Ireland. The massive dolmen, estimated to weigh at least 100 tonnes, is the largest of its type in Europe. The dolmen is situated about 2 miles east of Carlow Town Poulnabrone Dolmen one of the most famous dolmens in Ireland–

16. In the 5th century- arrival of St Patrick and other Christian missionaries. Christianity has played a major role in Ireland's history, culture and internal conflict. St Patrick invented clever as symbol of a sacred Trinity: god-father, god-son, god-sacred spirit.

17. 12c -- 13c England began to conquer Ireland. As a result, many Protestant British immigrated from Great Britain as rulers, and Irish  were willing to accept them. 1801 Great Britain annexed Ireland.

18. In 1922, after the Irish War of Independence, the southern and western twenty-six counties of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom to become the independent Irish Free State Northern Ireland, remained part of the UK Ireland has been divided administratively since 1922 when the Irish Free State was formed

19. The history of Northern Ireland has been dominated by conflict between (mainly Catholic) Nationalists and (mainly Protestant) Unionists. Protestant They are a majority.They disagree with combination with the Republic of Ireland, also they are afraidof losing politically, economically, and sociallyprivileges' place against Catholic. They hope to maintain the union with Great Britain. From this point, they are calledas unionists or loyalists Catholic They want to separate from Great Britain. Also, they think that the North should be part of the Irish Republic. So they are called as nationalists or republicans.

20. Beautifulnature There aremanynature national park : ”Burn-Vinsent” , “Feniks” and national park “Karra”.

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