The document provides information about Ireland, including its flag, capital Dublin, patron saint St. Patrick, and festivals and holidays celebrated in Ireland such as St. Patrick's Day. It also discusses Irish legends involving leprechauns and clovers. Sports popular in Ireland include Gaelic football, hurling, golf, and road bowling. Brief biographies are included about Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish author, and Bono, the lead singer of U2 and philanthropist.

1. All about Ireland

2. The flag of Ireland
The Irish national flag is a
tricolor flag. It consists of
three vertical bands of
equal size: green, white
and orange. The orange
stripe symbolizes Irish
Protestants and the green
represents the country's
Catholics. The white
stripe represents peace
will eventually come
between them.

3. Map of Ireland
Most Catholics are
nationalist supporters
of belonging to the
Republic of Ireland,
just as most
Protestants are in
favor of being part of
the UK. Nationalists
call The North of
Ireland "the six
counties".

4. The capital of Ireland: Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the
Republic of Ireland and the
most populous city of the
island. It is located near the
centre of the east coast of the
island, at the mouth of the
River Liffey in central Dublin
County. It was founded by the
Vikings around 841 as a
military base and centre of the
slave trade, and has been
capital since the Middle Ages.
The population of the urban
area of Dublin was 1,110,614
inhabitants in the 2010 census.

5. St Patrick
St. Patrick was a
Christian missionary and
is known as the patron
saint of Ireland. It was a
preacher and religious.
He was born in 400 d.c.
and died about 461 d.c.
Patrick was captured
during a raid of pirates,
which also meant the
destruction of the family.
He moved to Ireland and
was a slave.

6. St. Patrick's day
The St. Patrick's Day is
celebrated annually on March
17 to commemorate the death
of Saint Patrick . It is a national
holiday in the Republic of
Ireland and a party by custom
and unofficial in Northern
Ireland. The St. Patrick's Day
is celebrated worldwide. The
celebration usually has the
theme everything is green and
Irish; Christians and non
Christians celebrate the
festival regularly dressing in
green, enjoying the Irish
gastronomy which includes
alcohol and attending parties..

7. Other festivals
May festival
It is a popular holiday celebrated since
before Christianity and still celebrated
with dancing and picking flowers. The
bushes are decorated with flowers or
eggshells, which are symbols of life.
Summer day
It is primarily a Celtic fire festival,
which represents half of the summer,
and the shortening of the days when
his onward march of winter.
Martinmas
A Celtic tradition was to kill animals on
this day as food for the winter. The
blood of a small cock was sprinkled on
the doors of houses to ward off evil
spirits.

8. Legends
Catch a leprechaun!
The Leprechaun make or fix
shoes, and are said to be very
rich, and that guard many crocks
filled with treasures that were
buried in times of war. According
to legend, if someone manages to
gaze on a leprechaun, it can not
escape and you have to give your
treasures, but at the moment the
gaze is withdrawn disappears.
Clover (three-leaf)
According to legend, they are
considered a sacred plant
because its leaves formed a triad,
and number 3 was a mystic digit in
the Celtic religion. When
Christianity came to the island,
clovers retake an important role..

9. Guiness curiosities
Everyone knows that Guinness, in
Ireland, is more than a beer, it's all a
national symbol. More than 250 years
of history do not give only to become
part of the country's identity, also it
implies many curiosities.
01 * The first factory was founded by
Arthur Guinness in 1759
02 * In 1833 Guiness became the first
brewery in Ireland, before that year,
the national leader in pints was the
company Beamish..
03 * Both Arthur Guinness and his
heirs always showed their commitment
to the city of Dublin and performed
countless charitable donations and
major investments in infrastructure.

10. Sports
GAELIC FOOTBALL
Players can catch the ball and
keep the fly always give less than
four steps but can not throw. Only
they can drive a kick or a punch.
HURLING
It is very similar to hockey but the
ball can be played by air rather
than by land. In this extremely fast
game two teams of 15 players
each who use a hurley (a long
wooden stick) with driving a ball of
cork and leather called sliotar
face. If the ball goes below the bar
team scores three points; if it
passes over only scores one. The
ball can be touched by hand.

11. Other sports
GOLF
Ireland has some of the best
greens in the world. With over
400 golf. Over 240,000 golfers
come from all over the world to
play golf on the island.
THE ROAD BOWLING
It is to throw a metal ball about
800 grams along a route set in
advance to reach the goal with
as few shots without leaving
the road.

12. Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was born in
Dublin on October 16, 1854.
At 20, Oscar Wilde wins the
Berkeley Gold Medal for his
work in Greek on Greek poets.
From 1879 he decided to
settle permanently in London
and that's where starts
producing his first successful
plays such as "The Happy
Prince", a volume of short
stories, and his two most
famous novels, "The Crime of
Lord Arthur Saville
He married Constance Lloyd in
1884.

13. Bono
Paul David Hewson, better known by
all as Bono, born on May 10, 1960 in
Dublin, Ireland.
In his personal life, Bono joined in
marriage to Alison "Ali" Stewart,
classmate, who was his girlfriend of 15
years. Alongside Ali had 4 children:
Jordan, Memphis Eve, Elijah and John
Abraham.
Beyond the music, what most stands
out in this celebrity is his social
commitment as partners with many
organizations that are in favor of
human rights. For this reason he was
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
in 2003, 2005 and 2006. In addition to
receiving many awards for this reason.