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Ireland
Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and is situated northwest of mainland Europe. It includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and has a total land area of about 81,638 square kilometers or 31,521 miles.
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Which decade saw the greatest number of emigrants from Ireland?
During the Great Famine of the 1880s the population of Ireland was halved from 8 million to 4 million. 2 million people died from starvation and disease (the plague) and 2 million emmigrated, mostly to England and America. 1845 or 'Black 45' saw the greatest number of deaths, though emmigration continued on long after this date.
What are the Words of Ireland's national anthem?
Sinne Fianna Fáil[5]
Atá fé gheall ag Éirinn
Buíon dár slua
Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn
Fé mhóid bheith saor
Seantír ár sinsear feasta
Ní fhágfar fén tíorán ná fén tráill
Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil
Le gean ar Ghaeil, chun báis nó saoil[6]
Le gunnascréach, fé lámhach na bpiléar
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann
"The Soldier's Song" We'll sing a song, a soldier's song, With cheering rousing chorus, As round our blazing fires we throng, The starry heavens o'er us; Impatient for the coming fight, And as we wait the morning's light, Here in the silence of the night, We'll chant a soldier's song. Chorus: Soldiers are we whose lives are pledged to Ireland; Some have come from a land beyond the wave. Sworn to be free, No more our ancient sire land Shall shelter the despot or the slave. Tonight we man the gap of danger In Erin's cause, come woe or weal 'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal, We'll chant a soldier's song. In valley green, on towering crag, Our fathers fought before us, And conquered 'neath the same old flag That's proudly floating o'er us. We're children of a fighting race, That never yet has known disgrace, And as we march, the foe to face, We'll chant a soldier's song. Chorus Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale! The long watched day is breaking; The serried ranks of Inisfail Shall set the Tyrant quaking. Our camp fires now are burning low; See in the east a silv'ry glow, Out yonder waits the Saxon foe, So chant a soldier's song.
Is northern Ireland a democratic country?
No.
It's sectarian, 96% Protestant police-force terrorise Catholics and fix votes.
By U.N. and E.U. charters and laws, it is illegally occupied by Britian, but for some reason still recognized.
What did the Easter Rising accomplish for Ireland?
It made a great contribution to the cause of Irish indepedence because of the stupidity of the British. The rising itself was not that successful, it didn't have the support of the populace (who initially booed the rebels)and the firepower of the British gave them a sure victory. However, their brutal reaction - 64 rebels and 300 civilians were killed in the action and then they executed 15 rebels by firing squad. Including one, James Connolly, who had already been shot and who was carried out and tied to a chair to be executed. Within days the country was in uproar and independence was in the forefront of everybody's mind. In short it resulted in what eventually became the Repubic of Ireland being an independent nation, the creation of Northern Ireland and changing the components of the United Kingdom.
What political party are in government in Ireland?
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
What counties are in Ulster Ireland?
There are 9 counties in Ulster, all of which would have Catholics, Protestants and people of other religions in them. None would be described as being particularly associated with any one religion.
What are the neighboring country of Ireland?
Ireland is an island containing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Nearby is the island of Britain, containing England, Scotland and Wales. The Isle of Man is a small island between Britain and Ireland, in the Irish Sea. Other countries nearby are France, Belgium and the Netherlands. See the maps below.
Who started the conflict in northern Ireland?
Basically, it all started in the early 1500ss when King Henry VII off England decided he needed to divorce his infertile wife and get a divorce. Only problem was, Catholicism dictated that divorce was not an option. Apparently, Henry was quite familiar with the expression "if you don't like the rules, change them!" So, he decided that a new religion was what he needed and voila!: The Anglican Church was born. Hey, it's great to be the King! Henry converted himself, along with all of his subjects, to this new British brand of Protestantism - - - yet Ireland remained a bastion of Catholicism.
Ireland and Éire are official names and it is also known as the Republic of Ireland, although that is not an official name, but just a reference to the country, often used to distinguish it from Northern Ireland.
Do you have to pay to kiss the blarney stone?
Not to kiss the stone, but you might want to buy a photograph of you doing it. Kissing the stone is hard work , by the way. You need to be fit.
When was Ireland divided into two parts?
In 1922 the partition of Ireland occurred creating Northern Ireland and what was then called the Irish Free State, which would eventually become known as the Republic of Ireland.
The independent Free State was the result of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), which was settled by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The act specifically allowed the 6 mostly-Protestant, pro-union counties in the north (partly colonized by British settlers) to "opt out" and remain part of Great Britain, which they did.
How many people used the soup kitchens in the Irish famine?
only a few thousand as those who took the soup were forever shunned by the Irish people for betraying Irish solidarity and as punishment were made drop the O in their surnames, to show they were no longer considered Irish
What are the 2 official languages of the Republic of Ireland?
Constitutionally, first, Irish and second, English.
Did Queen Victoria travel to Ireland?
Not exactly. What you refer to as southern Ireland, did not come into existence until 1922, when Northern Ireland also came into existence. That was in 1922. Queen Victoria died in 1901. She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. So that would have included all of Ireland.
Who are some famous Irish inventors?
Here are some of the many inventions of Irish people and contributions to fields of science made by some.
The submarines.
Choppers.
Mechanical caterpillar tracks
Robert Boyle invented the first match and a perpetual motion machine, discovered decompression sickness and formulated the famous law, named after himself, which states that the volume of a gas varies inversely to the pressure of the gas.
Ernest Walton could also be described as the inventor of a new field of scientific endeavour -- and he was from Waterford too. Born in 1903 in Dungarvan, Walton, together with John Cockcroft, was the first person to artificially split the atom, thus creating nuclear physics and making possible power-stations, A-bombs and everything they brought with them. In 1951, he became Ireland's only Nobel science laureate, when jointly awarded the Prize for Physics.
The column still, which is useful in the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
The induction coil -- found in car ignition systems, TVs and other electronic devices.
The rechargeable nickel-zinc battery, which is today used in cordless tools and telephones, digital cameras, electric vehicles and loads of other places.
Robert Mallet from Dublin, is considered the father of seismology -- the study of earthquakes and related seismic events such as tsunamis, volcanoes and tectonic shifts. He coined the term "epicentre", carried out experiments to discover an earthquake's effect on rock and showed that volcanic heat was caused by movement in the earth's crust.
Rubber heels on shoes were invented by Humphrey O'Sullivan from Cork.
The first four-wheel-drive Formula 1 car.
The ejector seat.
A method to construct lighthouses and ship moorings in deep water, mud and even sand.
The hypodermic syringe.
The use of radiotherapy in treating cancer.
How has American history been affected by the Irish potato blight?
It caused lots of Irish people to leave Ireland. Many of those went to the USA and right to this day many people can trace their ancestry as far back as to those people that came from Ireland in the 1840s. Many Irish people got heavily involved in American society, working in all sorts of areas and helping to contribute to the development of the USA at that time. Their legacies remain in things they did, like building cities and towns, building railways, get involved with the police, army, navy, fire services, politics etc.
Which countries celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?
We here in Canada celebrate, some of us get carried away.
AnswerWe do here in the UK, which is Wales, England, Northern Ireland & Scotland....so you can add those to your collection! AnswerIt is also widely celebrated here in the United States, given our large population of Irish descendants.Its Celebrated in Australia just as big as if it was Australia day they even turn the Opera house Green! but it is also celebrated in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina and New Zealand.
What cities have a St Patrick's Day parade?
I believe the largest parade is in Chicago. They Chicago River is even turned green for the day. Ginny
How large is Republic of Ireland?
Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and is situated northwest of mainland Europe. It includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and has a total land area of about 81,638 square kilometers or 31,521 miles. Thee republic of Ireland takes up 70,293 square kilometers or 27,133 square miles.
Where is Irish spoken the most in Ireland?
The areas where Irish is spoken as a first langauge in Ireland are called Gaeltachts
During which decade did the potato famine in Ireland occur?
A British survey in 1835 found half of the rural families in Ireland living in single-room, windowless mud cabins that didn't have chimneys. The people lived in small communal clusters, known as clachans, spread out among the beautiful countryside. Up to a dozen persons lived inside a cabin, sleeping in straw on the bare ground, sharing the place with the family's pig and chickens. In some cases, mud cabin Interior of a peasant's cottage. The occupants were actually the dispossessed descendants of Irish estate owners. It was not uncommon for a beggar in Ireland to mention that he was in fact the descendant of an ancient Irish king.
Most of the Irish countryside was owned by an English and Anglo-Irish hereditary ruling class. Many were absentee landlords that set foot on their properties once or twice a year, if at all. Mainly Protestant, they held titles to enormous tracts of land long ago confiscated from native Irish Catholics by British conquerors such as Oliver Cromwell. The landlords often utilized local agents to actually manage their estates while living lavishly in London or in Europe off the rents paid by Catholics
for land their ancestors had once owned.
Throughout Ireland, Protestants known as middlemen rented large amounts of land on the various estates then sub-divided the land into smaller holdings which they rented to poor Catholic farmers. The middleman system began in the 1700s and became a major source of misery as they kept sub-dividing estates into smaller and smaller parcels while increasing the rent every year in a practice known as rack-renting. The average tenant farmer lived at a subsistence level on less than ten acres. These Catholic farmers were usually considered tenants-at-will and could be evicted on short notice at the whim of the landlord, his agent, or middleman. By law, any improvements they made, such as building a stone house, became the property of the landlord. Thus there was never any incentive to upgrade their living conditions.
The potato had become the staple crop in the poorest regions. More than three million Irish peasants subsisted solely on the vegetable which is rich in protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin C. It is possible to stay healthy on a diet of potatoes alone. The Irish
often drank a little buttermilk with their meal and sometimes used salt, cabbage, and fish as seasoning. Irish peasants were actually healthier than peasants in England or Europe where bread, far less nutritious, was the staple food.
Do all Irish people wear green?
Ireland has long considered green to be it's national colour. Irish football teams wear green, and people around the world wear green on St. Patrick's day. Rural Ireland has a green landscape (fields, trees, etc) and when many Irish poets fell upon harded times in cities abroad they would lament over the "Emerald Isle". St. Patrick used a shamrock to introduce Christianity to Ireland (each leaf representing one part of the Holy Trinity). Also, green was the colour of sympathy for independence in the late 18th Century when Ireland was still struggling for independence from Britain - so much so the Britain actually banned the "wearing of the green" around that time. On St. Patrick's day it is common for people in Ireland and abroad (especially those with Irish ancestors) to wear green - either a piece of Shamrock or a green item of clothing. For the past 31 years on Saint Patrick's day, New York's Fire Fighters also wore green berets instead of their usual blue caps. The berets date back to 1970, when the mother-in-law of a Bronx firefighter knitted dozens of the caps for St. Patrick's Day. 2005 was the first year the tradition was banned, as officials decided the firefighters should wear their proper uniform with the blue caps. The firefighters responded by wearing civilian clothes and their green berets instead of their uniform! Ironically, according to the Irish cultural group New York's Ancient Order of Hibernians, Peter Durkee, "When Ireland got its freedom
What is the tradition of the Irish wedding bowl?
It is traditional in Ireland to give a
Newlywed couple a crystal bowl.
Symbolizing
Wealth, Health, and Happiness.
Legend has it that as long as the bowl
is safe and secure, the couple will be blessed
with the laughter of children,
the health of a lion,
and coins in their purse.
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There is also a custom to give a bell. The bell is to be rung at the end of the wedding and later when there are problems in the home the couple are to ring the bell to remind themselves of their wedding day. I wrote a poem to go with this and now give a bell as a wedding gift.
Another Irish custom is that the bride carries a lace hankie with her on the wedding day and later when the first child is born the hankie is sewn into the babies baptism gown. This makes a good bridal shower gift.
Why is a rainbow associated with Ireland?
Ireland's history with the colour blue relate to its time under British rule. There is also Flaitheas Éireann, the embodiment of Irish sovereignty in mythological times, that wore blue. The ancient Kingdom of Meath's crest showed the image of a ruler sitting on a green throne with a blue background. Meath, through Tara, is associated with the ancient Irish kings.
It was under the reign of King Henry VIII that blue was formally used. He declared Ireland as a separate Kingdom giving it its own coat of arms, which was a golden harp on a blue background. Centuries later, King George III created a new order of chivalry for the Kingdom of Ireland, and used blue for the Order of St Patrick. This blue became known as 'St Patrick's Blue'. Blue is used as the background on the presidential standard with a golden harp. Blue is also found in some other official situations.
