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- 2. IRELAND, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, IS A COUNTRY IN NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE OCCUPYING 26
- 3. IRELAND’S CAPITAL IS DUBLIN, A POPULOUS AND AFFLUENT CITY WHOSE METROPOLITAN AREA IS HOME TO MORE
- 4. ALTHOUGH IRELAND IS NOW BOTH URBANIZED AND EUROPEANIZED, ITS CULTURE RETAINS MANY UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS, AND ITS
- 5. THE POPULATION OF THE ISLAND OF IRELAND IS ABOUT 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE, OF WHICH 4.58 MILLION
- 6. ENGLISH LANGUAGE HERE HAS OFFICIAL STATUS ALONG WITH IRISH. ALMOST THE ENTIRE POPULATION OWNS IT, HOWEVER,
- 7. PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE Ireland was almost completely covered by glaciers during the Ice Age, and
- 8. . The western highlands are home to such hardy species as St. Dabeoc’s heath, Irish spurge,
- 9. COMMON ENGLISH ANIMALS SUCH AS THE WEASEL AND THE MOLE DO NOT EXIST IN IRELAND, WHICH
- 10. THE SHAMROCK The tradition of wearing Shamrock to celebrate Saint Patrick seems to date from the
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IRELAND, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, IS A COUNTRY
IRELAND, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, IS A COUNTRY
The coat of arms of Ireland is blazoned as Azure a harp Or, stringed Argent (a gold harp with silver strings on a blue background).These arms were adopted by Henry VIII of England when he ended the period of Lordship of Ireland and declared Ireland to be a kingdom again in 1541. When the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland were united in 1603, they were integrated into the unified royal coat of arms of kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. The harp was adopted as the emblem of the Irish Free State when it separated from the United Kingdom in 1922
IRELAND’S CAPITAL IS DUBLIN, A POPULOUS AND AFFLUENT CITY WHOSE METROPOLITAN
IRELAND’S CAPITAL IS DUBLIN, A POPULOUS AND AFFLUENT CITY WHOSE METROPOLITAN
ALTHOUGH IRELAND IS NOW BOTH URBANIZED AND EUROPEANIZED, ITS CULTURE RETAINS
ALTHOUGH IRELAND IS NOW BOTH URBANIZED AND EUROPEANIZED, ITS CULTURE RETAINS
« An acre of stony ground,
Where the symbolic rose can break in flower,
Old ragged elms, old thorns innumerable,
The sound of the rain or sound
Of every wind that blows;
The stilted water-hen
Crossing stream again
Scared by the splashing of a dozen cows »
THE POPULATION OF THE ISLAND OF IRELAND IS ABOUT 6.5 MILLION
THE POPULATION OF THE ISLAND OF IRELAND IS ABOUT 6.5 MILLION
During the 2000 census in the United States, about 34 million Americans reported their Irish descent, making the Irish the second largest ethnic group after German Americans. Irish Americans mainly live in the north-east of the country (New York and New England).
ENGLISH LANGUAGE HERE HAS OFFICIAL STATUS ALONG WITH IRISH. ALMOST THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE HERE HAS OFFICIAL STATUS ALONG WITH IRISH. ALMOST THE
PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE
Ireland was almost completely covered by glaciers during
PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE
Ireland was almost completely covered by glaciers during
. The western highlands are home to such hardy species as
. The western highlands are home to such hardy species as
COMMON ENGLISH ANIMALS SUCH AS THE WEASEL AND THE MOLE DO
COMMON ENGLISH ANIMALS SUCH AS THE WEASEL AND THE MOLE DO
THE SHAMROCK
The tradition of wearing Shamrock to celebrate Saint Patrick seems
THE SHAMROCK
The tradition of wearing Shamrock to celebrate Saint Patrick seems
These were schools run outdoors in secluded places (sometimes literally 'under a hedge!). The teaching of religion was also forbidden so it is only to be expected that teachers would use naturally available resources to inform their pupils. Thus the Shamrock plant was used to illustrate the message of the Christian Holy Trinity.