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WELCOME TO IRELAND

• THE COUNTRY NAME IS IRELAND.

• THE CAPITAL OF IRELAND IS DUBLIN.

• THE POPULATION IN IRELAND IS 4,100,000.

• THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH & IRISH.

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GEOGRAPHY OF IRELAND

Ireland’s green hills provide rich farm land.

The climate in Ireland is 40 degrees in January and in July is 59 degrees.

The major towns in Ireland are, Cork, Limerick, Dun Laogghaire, Galway, and Waterford.

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PEOPLE OF IRELANDThe sports in Ireland are cycling, boxing, soccer, rugby football, gaelic football, hurling and surfing.

The entertainment in Ireland are sailing, sail boarding, fishing and boat racing.

The jobs in Ireland are farming, trucking, banking, fishing, building and working in factories.

The school kids in Ireland go to school for at least nine years.

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FOOD

In the morning breakfast is served with eggs, bacon and sausage.

In the afternoon tea is served with soda bread, scones and tea brach.

In Ireland lunch is the main meal of the day. ( meat & vegetables)

For dinner you may usually have pizza and hamburgers.

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INTERESTING FACTS

In Ireland they have major festivals of opera and jazz

The international rock stars in Ireland are Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor, and U2

Men in Ireland live up to 75 years old and women live up to 81 years old

The famous Irish writers are Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats (etc).

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CREDITS

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