IRELAND The Emerald Island PEOPLE: AN ISLAND, TWO COUNTRIES.

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IRELANDThe Emerald IslandPEOPLE AN ISLAND,
TWO COUNTRIES.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland
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POPULATION IN IRELAND

• POPULATION 6.4 million inhabitants
  (Catalonia 7.5 million inhabitants ).
• DENSITY 73.4 inhabitants / sq Km
• (Catalonia 240
• inhabitants / sq Km)

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THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
(EIRE)

• Area 70,280 sq km
• Capital city Dublin
• Independence from the British Empire 1922.
• Parlamentary republic. Member of the European
  Union since 1973.
• Population 4,588,252 inhabitants.
• Density 65 inhabitants / sq km.
• Currency Euro
• Languages English, Irish (Gaelic)
• Main religion Catholics (87)

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NORTHERN IRELAND

• Area 13,843 sq km
• Capital city Belfast
• Established as part of the United Kindom1923.
  Member of the European Union since 1973.
• Population 1,760,000 inhabitants
• Density 125 inhabitants / sq km.
• Currency Sterling Pound
• Languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots.
• Main religion Protestants (60)

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MOST POPULATED IRISH CITIES
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 Dublin (1,111,000
inhabitants) 2 Cork (200,000 inhabitants) 3
Limerick (92,000 inhabitants) 4 Galway (77,000
inhabitants) 5 Waterford (52,000
inhabitants) NORTHERN IRELAND 1 Belfast
(485,000 inhabitants) 2 Londonderry (95,000
inhabitants)
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IRISH PEOPLE ALONG HISTORY

• 500 BC Celts come from Europe. Ireland has a
  Celtic culture.
• 450 AD Saint Patrick the country becomes
  Christian. Irish monasteries are the richest in
  Europe.
• 1100 AD Norman invasion (first castles).
• 1350 The Black Death (the Pest) kills half the
  population.
• 1600 AD English colonisation.
• 1750-1921 Irish rebellions against the English.
• 1850 Great Potato Famine. One million people die
  of starvation. One million and a half people
  emigrate to the USA and Australia.
• 1922 Independence.

Celtic Cahergal Stone Ring Fort (Kerry, 900 AD)
Celtic Cross (Kells monastery, Meath, 800 AD)
Trim Castle (Norman period, Meath, 1170 AD)
Great Potato Famine,1850
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FAMOUS IRISH WRITERS

• Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Gullivers Travels
• William Butler Yeats (1835-1939) poems
• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Picture of Dorian
  Gray
• George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Pygmalion
• James Joyce (1882 1941) Ulysses
• Samuel Becket (1906 1989) Waiting for Godot

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• FAMOUS IRISH MUSICIANS
• U2 (Bono)

Enya
The Corrs
Sinead OConnor
Boyzone
The Cranberries
Westlife
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• FAMOUS IRISH ACTORS
• Liam Neeson
• Pierce Brosnan
• Colin Farrell Richard Harris
• Johnathan
  Peter
• Rhyss Meyers
  OToole

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