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MapLatitude:55 west

Longitude:10 north

4 Things You Should Know

Population: 716,771

Total Area:27,135 sq. miles

Capital City: Dublin

Official Language: English and Gaelic

Flag

• Green White Orange

Language

• English

• Gaelic

• Irish

Holidays

• St. Patrick's day

• Christmas

• the welcome of Mary Joseph and Bethlehem

Climate

• Covers mostly island

• Low mountains near the coasts

• Rich farmland

• Hundreds

Food, eat meat

Crops: turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beats, and wheat

Food: beef, bread, chicken, fruit, pork and mutton

Jobs

• Service

• Industries

• Manufacturing

• Farming

Landscape

• Desert

• Rainfall about 60 inches a year

States/provinces

• Provinces of some names:

Dublin,

Wicklow,

Cork, and

Kerry

Clothing

• Casual

• Normal

• Spring

Government/ president

• President: Mary McAleese

• Prime minister: Brian Cowen PRIME MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTS HOME

Ireland

Bibliography

The bibliography for this power point was written out and handed in to Ms. Olson separately.