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DESTINATION IRELAND http://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB 1. What is the nickname of Ireland? The Emerald Isle. 2. How many provinces did it have? 4 provinces. 3. Write their names here: Munster, Ulster, Leinster and Connacht. 4. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom 5. What’s the name of the capital of The Republic of Ireland? Dublin. 6. Write the names of the cities mentioned in the video a. Dublin b. NewGrange c.Galway d.Tipperary e. 7. DUBLIN FACTS a. THE RIVER: Liffey b. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Trinity College c. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST library 8.OTHER PARTS OF IRELAND a. What’s NEWGRANGE? A massive tomb b. It’s compared to the Piramids of Gizah. c. What happens in Newgrange during the winter solstice? A beam of light enters the central camber. A sunrise alignment. 9. Write 5 different types of buildings that you can find all over Ireland: a. Castles b. Churches c. Monasteries d. Cathedrals e. Towers 10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was visited by Saint Patrick and BECAME a Cathedral. 11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near Galway a. They rise over 650 feet. b. Convert that into metres. 198 metres 12. THE BURREN has a surreal landscape of cracked limestone. 13. OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITITES: In Ireland you can a. travel along the river Shannon

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DESTINATION IRELANDhttp://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB

1. What is the nickname of Ireland? The Emerald Isle.2. How many provinces did it have? 4 provinces.3. Write their names here: Munster, Ulster, Leinster and

Connacht.4. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom5. What’s the name of the capital of The Republic of Ireland?

Dublin.6. Write the names of the cities mentioned in the video

a. Dublin b. NewGrange c.Galway d.Tipperary e. 7. DUBLIN FACTS

a. THE RIVER: Liffeyb. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Trinity Collegec. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST library

8.OTHER PARTS OF IRELANDa. What’s NEWGRANGE? A massive tombb. It’s compared to the Piramids of Gizah. c. What happens in Newgrange during the winter solstice?

A beam of light enters the central camber. A sunrise alignment.

9. Write 5 different types of buildings that you can find all over Ireland:

a. Castlesb. Churchesc. Monasteries

d. Cathedralse. Towers

10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was visited by Saint Patrick and BECAME a Cathedral.

11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near Galwaya. They rise over 650 feet.b. Convert that into metres. 198 metres

12. THE BURREN has a surreal landscape of cracked limestone.

13. OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITITES: In Ireland you can a. travel along the river Shannon

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b. ride horses in Connemarac. stroll through quaint town or the lush countryside.

14. How is the countryside of Ireland described?It is coloured in 40 shapes of green.

15. AFTER THE VIDEO: ENRICH THIS DOCUMENT OF IRELAND WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO.

@ABELGALVEZELT

The Burren The Rock of Cashel

Newgrange The Cliffs of Moher

The Shannon River Trinity College