• What are some famous cities and places in Ireland?
• Who are some famous Irish people? • What are some important events in Irish
history? • What is an important Irish holiday? • What do Irish people eat? • What are some national symbols of Ireland?
• The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight.[
• Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s, the impact and human cost in Ireland – where one-third of the population was entirely dependent on the potato for food – was exacerbated by a host of political, social and economic factors which remain the subject of historical debate.
• The Good Friday Agreement or The Belfast Agreement
• a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. The Agreement was made up of two inter-related documents, both signed in Belfast on 10 April 1998 (Good Friday): a multi-party agreement by most of Northern Ireland's political parties, and an international agreement between the British and Iris6h
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St. Patrick’s Day 圣帕特里克节
• One of the greatest Irish festivals, St. Patrick's Day or Paddy's Day commemorates the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17. He is said to have brought Christianity to Ireland.
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Céad Mile Fáilte! Welcome to Ireland!
•Ireland means: •Eire – Green •Land – land, island
•Why? Because the island is full of shamrocks and clovers!
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Some famous Irish People and Musicians
Important Historical Events in Ireland
• The Great Potato Famine
• In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852.
• A festive day for the Irish people, St. Patrick's Day is a festive public holiday the Republic of Ireland and also celebrated with much enthusiasm in places such as Canada, Great Britain, Australia, the United States and New Zealand.
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Important historical events in Ireland
• 1. Bloody Sunday
• sometimes called the Bogside Massacre—was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army.
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Irish Literature
• There are a lot of famous writers and world literature that come from Ireland!
• Jonathan Swift – Gulliver’s Travels • Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray • William Butler Yeats • James Joyce • Samuel Beckett • George Bernard Shaw
A Very brief Introductonly Northern Ireland)
Spring 2013 Survey of English Speaking
Countries Irene Florente
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What do you know about Ireland?
• During the famine approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.