The Republic of Ireland

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The Republic of Ireland
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Ireland

• Population 4,062,235 (2006)
• Capital Dublin
• Ethnic Groups Celtic and English
• Major Religion Roman Catholic (88)
• Languages
• English- language generally used
• Gaelic- spoken mainly in areas located along the
  western seaboard

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Ireland

• Government Republic
• Political leaders
• President- Mary McAleese
• Prime Minister- Bertie Ahern

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Ireland
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Ireland

• Rich in peat
• Peat- decayed plants that can be used for fuel
• Peat is dug from bogs
• Bog- lowly swamp land

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Irish Economy

• Joined the EU to market its crops more widely
• Most Irish work in manufacturing

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Irish People

• Irish trace their ancestry to the Celts who
  settled in Ireland around 500B.C.
• Nearly 1/3 of the people live in or around Dublin
  (capital city)

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Northern Ireland Conflict

• Ireland won independence from Britain in 1921
• South- Catholic- Irish nationalists
• North- Protestant- British loyalists