WELCOME TO IRELAND

By: Andrew O’LearySLS 1101 Professor Pam JonesMarch 18, 2014

GEOGRAPHY

Capital: Dublin

Government Type: Republic

Largest City (in population): Dublin

Largest County: Cork County

Current Population: 506,211

12 costal islands

Area:70,273 square kilometers (27,133 square miles)

BASIC FACTS

Currency: Euro

All Area Codes are 353

Spoken Languages: English, Gaelic (form of Irish)

National Holiday: St Patrick’s Day

Current President: Michael D. Higgins

4 Providences: Leinster, Ulster, Munster, and Connacht

There are 32 Counties in Ireland: 26 in the Republic of

Ireland, and 6 in Northern Ireland

CULTURE AND PEOPLE

Week day evening times are often spent at home after a long work day

60% of the residents live in the cities

Weekends are often spent out

They are very modest. Being rude, loud, showing off wealth, and

dressing provocative is viewed negative.

Today a few people in Ireland actually speak Irish

Celtic Tribes arrive on the island between 600-150 B.C.

84.2% of the people are Roman Catholic

There are 6 million different variations of Irish personalities

NEAT FACTS

Declared Independence: December 6, 1921

Guinness beer is produce in Ireland

St. Patrick was actually Roman, not Irish

Halloween was derived from an Irish festival

NEAT FACTS

Titanic “The Unsinkable Ship” maiden voyage was

made Ireland

There are no Postal Zip Codes in Ireland outside of

Dublin and Cork City

The first Irish constitution was signed at Dublin’s

Shelbourne Hotel.

FOOD• Majority of the cooking is done

without herbs and spices.

• A traditional Irish meal is

usually made up of very simple

ingredients and easy to cook

but yet tastes great! You’ll find

that most traditional recipes

contain the basics of

vegetables, meat, or fish.

Meatloaf

FOOD

Shepherd’s Pie Beef Stew

MAUREEN O’HARA

Born on August 17, 1920, in Ranelagh, Ireland, Maureen O'Hara, a Hollywood

actress who was paired with Hollywood's leading men in such swashbucklers as

Sinbad the Sailor and The Black Swan. O'Hara went on to further fame

starring in the Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street, Our Man in

Havana, and The Parent Trap.

2nd oldest of six children, she was raised in a close-knit Irish Catholic family.

Her father, Charles, was a businessman, and her mother, Marguerite, was an

accomplished stage actress and opera singer. Maureen displayed a penchant

for dramatics at an early age when she staged presentations for her family;

in school she was active in singing and dancing.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland

Celebrated on March 17

National and bank holiday in the Republic of Ireland but it is

celebrated worldwide. It is also considered a religious holiday in the

past.

Became a public holiday in 1903.

Today, many Catholic places of worship all around the world are

named after St. Patrick, including cathedrals in New York City ,

Dublin, and Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia.

ST PATRICK’S DAY IN THE USA

American immigrants brought St. Patrick’s Day to

the United States

St. Patrick’s is widely celebrated in the United

States by Irish and non-Irish combined.

Cliffs of Moher

Guinness Storehouse Blarney Stone

Tourist Attractions

Cross Village Graveyard

MUSICCeltic Music:• Fancy term which expresses a

world-view or record-shelf category rather than actual links between music genres.

• Most of it is relaxing and easy listening.

• Traditionally it evolved from folk music.

RELIGION

Northern Ireland Ireland

QUESTIONS

How many counties are in Ireland?A. 32B. 75C. 4D. 110

True or False: St. Patrick’s Day is a

National Holiday in Ireland?