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Presentation on Ireland
Where is it?
• A small island on the edge of Europe
• The next door neighbour is the Island of Britain
• Surrounded by which seas?
• Political division: ( Northern Ireland), counties
The West Coast
• West coast is in the west of Ireland
Dublin
• Dublin is the capital city of Ireland
• Vikings founded Dublin (Dubhlin)-Baile
Athá- Cliáth
Irish Culture
• National Holiday- St. Patrick’s Day
March 17th
• National Dish- Potatoes “Mashed Spuds, boiled spuds,
roasted spuds, spuds with skins.”
• National Dance- Irish Dancing
Irish Culture
• National Drink
-Guinness
-Tea
• National Sports
-Hurling
-Gaelic Football
Irish Language
• Gaelic
• Dia dhuit = Hello
• Conas tá tú? = How are you
• Ta a lan craic isteach sa teach tabhairne
= There’s a lot of craic in the pub
• Spoken fluently in Gealtachs 10% of the
country
• Making comeback recently
Sport
• Hurling and gaelic football
• The same game played with different balls
• Mainly played in the summer
• Croke park is our main stadium (80000
capacity)
• Soccer and rugby our next biggest sports
Irish Music
Traditional
Played at ceile’s and pubs, generally in
groups of musicins
Ceili – Dancing sessions where
for Irish music and Irish dance
Instruments
The Bodhrán – made from animal skin and is like a drum
Whistles and flutes – Tin whistle is mainly played
Uilleann Bagpipes - uilleann pipes are not blown with the mouth; air is
pumped into the bag by means of an elbow bellows. Also, uilleann
pipes are not as loud.
Rock
• U2 – Very successful Irish rock band
joshua tree, All that you cant leave behind
• Thin Lizzy – Dublin band from 70’s and
80’s
• Rory Gallaher – Blues Rock, great guitar
player
• The Coors
A Brief History of Ireland
• 400-800 The Coming of Christianity led by the patron
saint of Ireland St. Patrick.
• 800-1150 Viking raiders frequently attack Ireland
• 1200-1450 Anglo-Norman invasion occurs.
• 1500-1840 English Rule
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Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth and Ulster rebelion
Catholic schools outlawed
Greater gap between Catholics and
Protestants (Denied a vote)
A Brief History of Ireland
• 1845 - 1849 The Great Famine
• 1919 - 1921 The War of Independence and Partition of
the country
• 1922 - 1923 The Irish Civil War
• 1923 -1969 Northern Ireland ruled from Belfast, Republic
ruled from Dublin
A Brief History of Ireland
• 1969 -1972 Beginning of “The Troubles”, Northern
Ireland governed from London (IRA- Sin Fein).
• 1993 - 1996 The First Ceasefires and the Peace Process
• 1996 - 1998 The Second Ceasefires and the Good
Friday Agreement
“Pre”
Celtic
Tiger
Ireland
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1970s: Per capita income, 64% EU Average
1986: Unemployment 17% (21/30 yrs)
1989: Out migration 40,000
National Debt 127% of GDP
Soaring Inflation
IMF Bailout?
Celtic Tiger
Ireland
• Fasting growing economy in OECD &
EU
• Over 1,200 foreign companies
• Burgeoning high-tech industries
• Full employment
• Net Inward Immigration
• Fiscally Healthy