All About Ireland

Geography of IrelandIreland is divided in two regions, you can see mainly Republic of Ireland and the mainly Northern Ireland. The capital of the Republic of Ireland is Dublin , and the one of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

There are a lot of mountains around the coast of Ireland , but the central area is very low and flat.

Things to see in Ireland-Newgrange.

-The book of Kells.

• Newgrange: Newgrange is an ancient temple in Country Meath, near the east coast of Ireland. Newgrange is over 5,000 years old.

• It is famous because something extraordinary happens there anually , on the shortest day of the year.

• Book of Kells: It is a beautiful medieval manuscript wich has 680 pages, they show illustrations of Christian icons , Celtic created it around the year 800 AD.

• Irish Traditions , Holidays and Customs.

St Patrick´s Day: This is a national holiday in Ireland , people celebrate St Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland and prevent the island from snakes.Halloween: Halloween is on 31st October, All Saint´s day ,people try to please the spirits so they won´t take their souls. Kids usually dress up wearing costumes and decorate their houses.

Myths and legends.

• Leprechauns.•Changelings.

• A leprechaun is a type of male fairy . Supposedly they spend their time making shoes and collecting gold coins in a pot at the end of the raimbow. The myth of the leprechauns is probably the most famous of all Irish myths.

Changelings: According to legend fairies sometimes give birth to deformed babies.When it happens the fairies take a healthy human baby and leave their deformed babies in its place..

Famous Irish sports.

• Gaelic football.

• This is a field game played with a round ball, there are 15 players in each team and the objet of the game is to score points by putting the ball over, or under the bar between the goalpoast of the opposing team.

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Irish food and drink.• Irish Whiskey : The word whiskey

comes from a Gaelic phrase , meaning water of life. Since 1990´s Irish whiskey started to become popular.

• Guiness beer : The brewers make Guiness from water , barley, hoops and yeast.