What do you know about

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What do you know about
IRELAND
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IRELAND
The orange part represents the protestant
community.
The white part represent peace between the two
communities.

• The green part represents the roman catholic
  community.

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Some useful expressions
top of the morning
to be sure, to be sure
EIRE
craic - fun
hows it going?
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Where do we come from?!?!

• Irelands history is quite complicated. Because
  it is a small country it has been invaded many
  times. There has been many wars......

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Where do we come from?!?!

• This is why we have influences from.........
• .

The Vikings
The Celts
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A bit of geography
Belfast
Dublin
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The Facts

• The Republic of Ireland
• President Mary Mc Allesse
• Currency Euro
• Language English and Gaelic
• Religion Mainly roman catholic
• Northern Ireland
• Queen Elizabeth of England
• Currency - sterling
• Language English
• Religion Protestant and Roman Catholic.

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Dublin

• Dublin is the capital city of the republic of
  Ireland.
• It is a very lively city.
• The famous river liffy runs through the centre of
  the city.

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The Giants Causeway

• The Giants Causeway is a very strange rock
  formation on the north coast of Ireland.
• The myth says that these stones were the steppin

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Blarney Castle
Blarney Castle is in county Cork. It is a very
old castle set in beautiful gardens.
It is most famous because of the Blarney Stone
they say that kissing the stone gives you good
luck.
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Home sweet home

• The village where I live is called
  Hillsborough borough is an old word meaning
  town and Arthur Hill is the name of the man who
  founded the village, therefore the name means
  the town of Hill.

The Courthouse.
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home sweet home cont........

• Hillsborough is a very small village close to the
  capital city, Belfast.
• It has around 5000 inhabitants.
• The buildings are very old and beautiful and it
  is surrounded by pretty green landscapes.

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Artists

• Ireland has a lot of art culture including poets,
  writers, musicians, dancers and actors.
• Some of the most well known are.
• Charlotte Bronte the classical writer.
• The actor Colin Farrell who starred in the hit
  movie S.W.A.T.

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Artists continued.........

• Also the music groups U2 and The Corrs are from
  Ireland.

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Food and Drink

• Yes it is true most
• typical Irish foods
• include potatoes!!!!!
• Irish stew- beef with onions carrots and
  potatoes.
• Champ- mashed potatoes with spring onions.
• Potato bread a type of bread made with
  potatoes.

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Food and Drink

• The most famous Irish drink is of course.
  Guinness
• And also Irish whisky a very famous Whisky
  producer in Ireland is Bushmills.
• But we dont drink alcohol all the time!!!!!!!!

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Did you know?..........

• The most famous ship in the world The Titanic
  was built in Belfast ship yard.

However..the design was changed slightly to
save money, this is what caused it to sink.