0928 Final Ireland
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Ireland Ireland ‘s nickname is the "Emerald Isle“ It's unbelievably green, with expanses of rolling fields and hills, lush vegetation under foot, colorful gardens.
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Ireland
Ireland ‘s nickname is the "Emerald Isle“ It's unbelievably green, with expanses of rolling fields and hills, lush vegetation under foot, colorful gardens.
Geography of Ire-land
Ireland is an island country situated in the Northwest of Europe.
Ire-land
Geography of Ire-land
It has been a member of the European Union since 1973.
Capital of Ireland is Dublin
Capital of Ireland is Dublin
The national Flag is the tricolor of green, white and orange.
Ireland’s Flag
Ireland’s Flag
The green is a symbol of the ancient Irish ances-
try.
The orange represents the new ele-ments that
joined us later in our history.
The white symbolizes the union of
all in brother-hood and
common na-tionality.
Irish Cur-rency
The Irish currency is Irish Pound. A new currency, the Euro, is currently being in-troduced. It will completely replace the Irish Pound and most other European Union currencies in the 1st of January, 2002.
The Official emblem of Ireland is the harp.
National Em-blem
Ireland is the only coun-try in the world who usesa musical Instrument as its national emblem.
The Shamrock is an-other recognized symbol of Ireland.
National Em-blem
Our national airline, Aer Liongus, Uses it as its emblem.
The hands are there for friendship,
The symbol of the Claddagh Ring
For loyalty throughout the
year, The crown is raised
above.
The heart is there for love.
The patron saint of Ire-land_ St. Patrick
St. Patrick is the pa-tron saint of Ireland
Who is St. Patrick?
The patron saint of Ireland_ St. Patrick
Irish celebrate him on 17th of March each year.They were green costume and they eat and drink green food.
St. Patrick’s Day
Irish celebrate him on 17th of March each year.They were green costume and they eat and drink green food.
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick is said to have used three-leafed shamrock to explain in the blessed Trinity to the Pagan Irish in 432A.D.
Lan-guage
English which is spo-ken everywhere,
Ireland has 2 official Language:
English and Irish
and Irish which is gen-erally confined to small areas of the West, Southwest and Northwest as an ev-erydaymeans of communica-tion.
Listen to Irish book reading
A sample Gaelic Read-ing
Irish, however, is taught in all schools in the country-both primary and secondary
The Celtic Knot is one of the best known motifs in Celtic art & folklore. The twists and turns of the design are found in Ancient stone art and tattoos.
Irish Celtic Knot
Irish Celtic Knot
The Celtic knot is also known as the universal symbol of an endless circle of one. A wedding ring with Celtic knot work is a row of intertwined knots with no beginning and no end - symbolizing the winding together of a couples lives into one
Irish Music
The traditional group, the Chieftans, have played Irish music all over the world .**The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.
Watch River Dance
Irish Dance
Ireland has a proud tradition in music and dancing.Irish dances are now greatly admired by the people of the world over due to River dance and the Lord of the dance.
Irish Dance cos-tume
