Ireland

It honours St. Patrick, as it is St. Patrick's Day. It is Ireland's national holiday.

Take a flight from any of London's 4 airports. British Airways, Aer Lingus, bmi, EasyJet, Ryanair and others all fly to Dublin. Takes about an hour. Or, much less convenient but prettier, drive from London to Holyhead in Wales and take a ferry to Dublin. The drive is around 4 hours, the ferry around 3.

• Belfast [Capital City]
• Derry/Londonderry (Google "Londonderry Name Dispute" to see why it is written in 'slash' form)
• Armagh
• Lisburn
• Newry

Its an anglicised version of the city's Irish name "Corcaigh" which comes from the word corcach which means a swamp.

About 16 kilometres or 10 miles.

There are three reasons why Ireland might be considered important:

- It provides a site for emergency landings for aircraft crossing the Atlantic.

- If it diappeared, the sea level would go down, causing great economic disruption around the world.

- The island prevents high waves from hitting the west of England, Scotland and Wales.

Fitzpatrick is the only "Fitz" surname of Irish origin. All others are of Norman origin such as Fitzgerald, Fitzsimmons, etc. There is a great concentration of Fitzpatricks in the border counties of Ireland, such as Cavan, Fermanagh, Armagh, Meath and especially County Down. Just remember when searching in Ireland, the word County is first, such as County Cork instead of Cork County. The surname Fitzpatrick is the translation of Mac Giolla Phádraig from the original Irish to English. Giolla Phádraig (the devotee of St. Patrick) was King of Ossory, a kingdom in Leinster in Ireland. According to Carrigan, this kingdom was founded by Aengus Osrith who flourished some time about the latter half of the second century of the Christian era. Giolla Phádraig's reign commenced some eight centuries later in 976 AD and he reigned until he was slain in 996 AD. His sons were styled Mac Giolla Phádraig (son of Giolla Phádraig). As part of the colonisation of Ireland by England, natural Irish names had to be restyled in the English format. Mac Giolla Phádraig was anglicised as Fitzpatrick.

There is no brief history to Northern Ireland, really, but I'll try.

Ireland was ruled by Britain for a few hundred years, after a couple of failed rebellions, most notably the 1798 rebellion led by Wolfe Tone, another one was organised for Easter of 1916.

This one went well enough, as far as rebellions go, and the war of independence began. Michel Colins and Eamon De Valera were two leading men in this. In January 1922 a treaty was written up and it gave twenty six counties of Ireland independence, but left six of them in the North a part of England.

A lot of the IRA ( The Old IRA, not the new one) opposed this, and wanted to keep the fighting the British, and the civil war started. This lasted over a year, but proved in-effective for the most part as the North still belonged to the British.

Over the years, people have kept fighting, and the Provisonal IRA have continued to fight the British rule. The height of this was known as the Troubles, and took place from the seventies, eighties, and in the nineties.

In 1981, hunger strikes were held (Bobby Sands for one) most of which took place in the Maze prison.

Sinn Fein was formed soon after.

The first IRA ceasefire came into effect in 1994, was revoked in 1996, and reinstate din 1997, the second ceasefire. The final one came into place in 1998 after the Omagh bombing.

The Belfast Agreement restored parliement to NI, but on the basis of power sharing.

The IRA was completely decommissioned in Spetember 2005, although there is feuds, fights and violence between Cathloics and Protestants, Unionists and Nationalists.. There's also big, big issues about the Orange men's parades.

That's a very brief history. To know and understand it all, you really have to read about the full thing. Hope I helped.

Reynolds is a common name in England, but in Ireland was used to anglicize the surname Mac Raghnaill. Seen earlier as MacRannal and MacGrannell, it was a Co. Leitrim name.

Taking the whole island of Ireland into account then no, Scotland is not bigger than Ireland.

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Ireland, like any country, has many different accents. So there is no one way of saying it. You would just have to listen to different accents to see hear how they would be said. You cannot really type out an accent phonetically.

Dublin is a coastal city, and it is built on the river Liffey. Two other major rivers are in the city. They are the Dodder and the Tolka. There are also lots of smaller rivers, some now underground. To the south of Dublin are the Dublin mountains, which are just the northern end of the Wicklow mountains. There are no major lakes in Dublin itself, but there are a few very small ones, some in parks.

Go into any town in Ireland and u will find a superdrug.

They were similar in that both differed from the Anglo-Protestant "norms" of the United States and faced a degree of hostility and alienation as a consequence. They were different in that the Irish at least spoke English but on the other hand were much more associated with Catholicism, the latter earning them the particular enmity of nativists.

From Dublin in Ireland to Turkey will take at least 7 hours. It depends on what part of Turkey you are going to and how many flights you would be taking.

Yes on its west coast

By tradition the Shannon is said to rise in the Shannon Pot, a small pool on the slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan, from where the

Dublin is a coastal county and has lots of popular beaches along its coast like Killiney, Portmarnock, Dollymount and Sandymount, amongst others.

Tipperary is a town in South Tipperary County in the province of Munster in the south of Ireland. It is located on the N24 route between the cities of Limerick and Watford.

Ireland's central point for socialising is the pub, and Ireland's pubs are famous. Around the world Irish pubs are found, though few are really like a pub in Ireland. As pubs are important, then so is drink. Other things people do to socialise in Ireland would be go to restaurants, theatres, cinemas, dances, sporting events and go to each others homes to visit, sometimes for a special event, like Christmas or a birthday.

Starting directly south of Sacramento County is San Joaquin, then going counterclockwise the other seven counties are: Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Yolo, Solano, and then Contra Costa.

Don't know if the river was named for the town, the town for the river, or if both were named for something else, but the river Bandon flows by the town of Bandon in County Cork.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

Yes, very much so. Ireland is famous for getting lots of rain, which makes it so green. That rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of storms that come to Ireland come across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland's weather comes from the west, which is where the Atlantic Ocean is. The Atlantic Ocean also brings up the Gulf Stream to Ireland, and other parts of western Europe, making it milder than other parts of the world that are as far north of the equator as Ireland is. In all of these ways and others, the Atlantic Ocean plays a major role in Ireland's climate.

No. Enda Kenny became Taoiseach on the 9th of March 2011.