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DESTINATION IRELAND http://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB 1. What is the nickname of Ireland? The emerald isle 2. How many provinces did it have? Four 3. Write their names here: Leinster, Munster, Conacht, Ulster 4. Northern Ireland is part of United Kingdom 5. What’s the name of the capital of The Republic of Ireland? Dublin 6. Write the names of the cities mentioned in the video a. Dublin b. Newgrange c. Galway d. Tipperary 7. DUBLIN FACTS a. THE RIVER: L iffey b. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Trinity College c. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST LIBRARIES 8. OTHER PARTS OF IRELAND a. What’s NEWGRANGE? There is a massive tomb. b. It’s compared to the Pyramids of Gizha c. What happens in Newgrange during the winter solstice? A beam of light enter to the central chamber, the experience is iluminated. 9. Write 5 different types of buildings that you can find all over Ireland: a. CASTLES b. CHURCHES c. TOWERS d. MONASTERIES e. FORTRESSES 10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was visited by St. Patrick and BECAME a Medieval Cathedral. 11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near Galway a. They rise over six hundred and fifty feet . b. Convert that into metres. 198 meters

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Page 1: Destination Ireland

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

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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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