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DESTINATION IRELANDhttp://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB
1. What i s the n ickname of I re land? The emera ld is le
2. How many provinces did i t have? Four
3 . Wr i te thei r names here: Leinster , Munster , Conacht , U lster
4 . Northern I re land is part of Uni ted Kingdom
5. What ’s the name of the capital of The Republ ic of I re land?
Dubl in
6. Wr i te the names of the ci t ies ment ioned in the v ideo
a. Dubl in b. Newgrange c. Galway d. T ipperary
7. DUBLIN FACTSa. THE RIVER: L i f fey
b. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Tr in i ty Col lege
c. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST L IBRARIES
8. OTHER PARTS OF IRELAND
a. What ’s NEWGRANGE? There is a mass ive tomb.
b. I t ’ s compared to the Pyramids of Gizha
c. What happens in Newgrange dur ing the winter sols t ice?
A beam of l ight enter to the cent ra l chamber , the exper ience is
i luminated.
9 . Wr i te 5 di f ferent types of bui ld ings that you can f ind al l over
I re land:
a. CASTLES
b. CHURCHES
c. TOWERS
d. MONASTERIES
e. FORTRESSES
10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was v is i ted by St . Pat r ick and BECAME
a Medieval Cathedral .
11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near Galway
a. They r i se over s i x hundred and f i f ty feet .
b. Convert that into metres . 198 meters
12. THE BURREN has a sur real landscape of cracked l imestone
13. OTHER LEISURE ACTIVIT ITES : In I re land you can
a. Travel along the r iver Shannon.
b. R ide horses in Connemara
c. st ro l l th rough quaint towns or the lush count rys ide
14. How is the count rys ide of I re land descr ibed?
Is coloured wi th 40 shades of green.
15. AFTER THE VIDEO: ENRICH THIS DOCUMENT OF IRELAND WITH BEAUTIFUL
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO.
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