Digital project : All about ireland

All about Ireland

Name : Jose Carlos Escribano Pulido Grade : 3 ESO A

Índice

1. In the beginning

8. Irish successes

2. The need for Irish Independence

9. Sport

3. The geography

10. Irish food and drink

4. Things to see in Ireland

11. Problems and solutions

5. Irish traditions

12. Ireland

6. Myths and legends

7. Famous Irish writers

Information about Ireland

Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle. And yes, as you can imagine it is thanks to its beautiful and green landscapes. In 1922 it became independent from the United Kingdom and became a republic in 1949. The famous Celtic harp, a symbol of Ireland, appears on Irish euro coins.

In the beginning

st Patrick

Saint Patrick (384-461), archbishop and missionary from Scotland, came to Ireland to convert the inhabitants to Christianity. He was able to make important conversions in the royal families. Ireland became almost exclusively Christian and a center of learning and culture, but most of this legacy was destroyed during Viking raids in the 9th and 10th centuries.

- St patrick's statue

St Patrick built churches and taught the world of god Ireland

The need Irish independece

During this period of time there was a lot of famine in the country and only potatoes were grown, which were collected during the summer during the remaining period of the year, millions of people died of hunger .

During the potato famine more than 2,500 inhabitants of Ireland left by boat to Canada USA and England of these 2,500 people did not die and a statue was made for them .

The geograhy of Ireland

After 1922 Ireland became two differents regions . On the map you can see the mainly Catholic Republic of Ireland and the mainly protestant Northen Ireland . The remaing sixth is northern Ireland and it is in yhe north east of the island . Ireland is it the third largest island in europe , after Great Britain and Iceland . It lies between the irish sea to the east and the Atlantic ocean .

The Cliffs of Moher

Thing to see in Ireland

• Newgrange
• The books of kells
• Blarney Castle
• Famine sculptures

Newgrange

• Newgrange

Newgrage is an ancient temple in county meath , near the east coast of Ireland . It is the most visited archeological monument in Ireland , with more than 200,000 tourists every year. Newgarege is over 5,000 years old -that´s older tan the Pyraminds in Egypt in Egypt . It is famous because something extraordinary happens there annually , on the shortestday of the year .

Blarney Castle

Irish traditions , Holidays and Customs

St Patrick's Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X1alqNaVxg

A video explaining the customs of Ireland in Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp-yc91j6DU

Halloween https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2GXtezbqKo

Irish Dacing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAzBDE454

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Myths and Legends

1. Origin of Irish mythology

The oldest myth in Irish mythology belongs to the High Middle Ages of Ireland in manuscripts written by Christians, so it is to be expected that the nature and symbolism of the Celtic gods was reinterpreted. The myth from which the others originated seems to be that it was a war between two apparently divine races: the Tuatha Dé Danann, literally the Tribes of the Goddess Dana who constitute what is called the great gods of the Irish pantheon, and the Fomoré, a people of giants who live on the islands surrounding Ireland and who constantly threatened their invasion. Trees were also sacred to the early Celts. The importance that some of them had for them is reflected in some names, such as the Eburonian tribe, which refers to the yew tree, or mythological names such as Mac Cuilinn, 'son of the holly' or Mac Ibar 'son of the yew' .

Banshee She is a witch from Irish legends

Famous Irish writers

Nobel Prize winners fol literature No others country with such a small population has got four Nobel Prize winners for literature . They are : The poet Willian Butler Yeats , George Bernard Shaw , Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney . Others famous writers of Ireland : -James Joyce -Oscar Wilde -C.S Lewis

Irish successes

The eurovision song contest Ireland holds the record for winning the eurovision song contest.They have won the contest seven times , including three consecutive times in 1992 . 1993 , 1994 . Singer Jonny Logan won the contest twice

Sports

• Gaelic Football
• Hurling
• Horse Racing

Hurling Some people believe hurling is the world´s oldest field game .It came to ireland with the celts and it has been a past time there for 2,000 years

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Irish food and drink

Dulse

Barmbrack

Guinness

Irish coffee