Ireland – maturitní otázka z angličtiny (3)

 

  Otázka: Ireland

  Jazyk: Angličtina

  Přidal(a): MArtin

 

 

Basic facts:

• Capital is Dublin
• English, Irish Gaelic – languages
• Member of the EU
• Currency is EURO
• Drives on the left
• Political system – parliamentary republic

 

Geography:

• Situated in the Atlantic Ocean and separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea
• Green fields, low central plains surrounded by coastal mountains, rugged, rocky landscape (the EMERALD ISLAND)
• Highest peak – Carrauntoohil (1041 m)

 

Symbols:

• The flag
  • Green, white, orange
• The Shamrock
  • Is the symbol of Christianity (the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
• The Harp
  • Coat of arms, a gold harp, with silver strings on a blue background

 

River:

• River Shannon (360,5 km)
• It forms many important lakes

 

Climate:

• Mild changeable, lots of rain – why Ireland knows as the GREEN ISLAND, EMERALD ISLAND

 

Culture:

• Music
  • Traditional Celtic or modern music – U2, Cranberries
• Sports
  • Gaelic football
  • Hurling
  • Soccer
  • Rugby
  • Hockey
• Festivals
  • Halloween
  • Christmas
  • Valentine´s day
  • Saint Patrick´s day

 

Food and drinks:

• Baked potatoes, black beer, Gibeon cheese, Irish brand – Cadbury

 

St. Patrick:

• Patron for all Irish people
• 17^th March
• Born in Wales, 373 (ruled by the Romans)
• At the age of 16 pirates took him to Ireland
• He was sold as a slave, worked on a field
• Druids – worship the Sun and aspect of nature
• God spoke to him to escape back to Wales – but one day God spoke to him to go back to Ireland, he went and spread Christianity there
• Shamrock

 

Places:

• Dublin
  • The capital
  • Is the most visited place in Ireland
  • Guinness Storehouse – museum of the Irish most famous beer
  • Dublin Castle, St. Patrick´s Cathedral, O´Connell Street, Guinness Brewery
• Cliff of Moher
  • In the west coast
  • Rise 120 m above the Atlantic
• Glendalough
  • An early Medieval monastery from 6^th century
• Whiskey distilleries
  • Jameson
  • Tullamore Dew
  • Bushmills

 

Other information:

• Originally inhabited by the Celts
• Patrick brought them Christianity
• Country was devastated by famines and many people went to the USA and the UK
• Birthplace – O. Wilde, J. Smith, G. B. Shaw