The group chose to discuss Ireland, focusing on history, music, flags, language, myths, legends, food, holidays, religion, and how intercultural communication relates. Members were assigned topics: Justin (religion), James (holidays), Moiri (food), Anthony (myths and legends), Liz (language), and Natasha S (history, music, flags). They will also discuss how nonverbal communication relates to holidays and food stereotypes. Traditional Irish music has ancient origins in drinking songs, ballads and laments. Instruments include the uilleann pipes, bodhran, fiddle, flute, accordion and concertina. In the 1950s, groups like Comhaltas Ceol

1.  GROUP 2
 ANTHONY
 NATASHA S
 LIZ
 JAMES
 JUSTIN
 MOIRI

2.  JUSTIN-RELIGION
 JAMES-HOLIDAYS
 MOIRI-FOOD
 ANTHONY-MYTHS & LEGENDS
 LIZ-LANGUAGE
 NATASHA S.-HISTORY, MUSIC, & FLAGS
 Concept Holidays-nonverbal communication
 FOOD-STEROTYPING
 All other topics Intercultural Communication

3.  Our group decided to pick Ireland because a
couple of the members have Irish roots. We
will discuss history, music, flags, language,
myths, legends, food, holidays, and religion.
We are also going to see how Intercultural
communication relates to these topics. We are
also going to relate non verbal communication
with holidays. Relate stereotyping to food.

4.  Traditional Irish music reaches back to the ancient past. They
includes drinking songs, ballads, and laments. Traditional dance
music included reels 4/4 hornpipes, and jigs. The polka arrived in
the 19th century ( P 3). The music is attributed to a history of
persecution. During Britain's rule Irish music was outlawed for a
time. Irish music was considered a national pride by the Irish. It
was forced to go underground. One of the best place to listen to
traditional Irish music is in the pubs( P60).
 The instruments used are uilleann pipes, bodhran, fiddle, flute,
accordion, and concertina. Uilleann pipes is similar to the
bagpipes it is a complex bellows-blown bagpipe with up to seven
different pipes descended from Irish war-pipe. Bodhran Irish
frame drum usually struck by stick but sometimes hand.
Constructed from a round wooden frame contains wood cross,
and head made from goat skin. The accordion and concertina
were first associated with female performers(P 246).

5.  1950s a great concern was voiced over that the music of
Ireland was being lost in the influx of foreign music.
This issue was confronted in 50-60s by groups trying to
bring back traditional Irish music. One of these groups
was called Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE) or the
Irish Music Movement. They organized festivals and
music classes in the late 50s. By 1960 there was a great
increase in music groups one was the chieftains. They
are still popular today. Some group went abroad came
back during the revival to be part of the movement.
 Renewed interest in traditional Irish music lead to a
new for Irish rock. Some of the early acts were
horselips, Van Morrison, and the Pogues. Later Irish
rock spread through out the world with successful act
like Sinead O’Conner and U2. There music is not de

6.  Renewed interest in traditional Irish music lead to a new for Irish rock. Some of the early acts
were horselips, Van Morrison, and the Pogues. Later Irish rock spread through out the world
with successful act like Sinead O’Conner and U2. There music is not directly derived from Irish
traditional music but U2 includes political and social commentary an example is the song
Sunday Bloody Sunday. See in music they took rock which is from another country and added it
to there own culture.
 Irish acts Sold Genre Years active
1. U2 170 Million + Rock
1976–Present
(33 Years)
2. Enya 80 Million +
Celtic/
New Age
1986–Present
(22 Years)
3.
Van Morrison
55 Million + Soul
1967–Present
(40 Years)
4. The
Cranberries
50 Million + Rock
1990–2003,
2009–Present
(13 Years)
5. The Corrs 43 Million + Pop
1998 - present
(12 Years)(P6)

7.  SIXTH CENTURY BC-Ireland was invaded by the Celts (Gaeles) who came from the European
mainland. Celtic civilization survived for centuries in Ireland despite Christianization and
trade with mainland Europe. They maintained a different character from the rest of Britain as
the Roman’s never conquered them. Over the following centuries, Ireland was invaded by
Vikings, Norsemen, Normans (who came from Europe), and the English and were bedeviled
with civil wars which did more harm.
 In the 12th
century, King Henry II of England laid claim to Ireland. The English control was
limited by distance except for the city of Dublin which was known as “the Pale”(P 10). Gaelic
society consisted of a loose association of tribes that shared laws, customs, and language under
the symbolic leadership of a High King, who ruled from a place called the Hill of Tara. The
complicated clash of Gaelic traditions and English laws enforced by King Henry VIII of
England brought about the downfall of the tribal system that had existed for hundreds of
years. Irish clan leader Thomas Fitzgerald renounced his allegiance to King Henry VIII in 1534
and was hanged in 1537. Many Irish Catholics were outraged when Henry VIII created the
Church of England and made it England’s official religion over Catholicism.. King Henry’s
assumption of King of Ireland also angered them. This time in Irish history religion, rather
than national origin, determined the political scene.. They did occasionally stage rebellions to
unfair English practices, which largely removed all social rights from Catholics including the
right to own or lease land(P 11). Daniel O'Connell was known as the Liberator for his
leadership in the fight for Catholic emancipation from English rule. During the mid-1800’s a
blight wiped out the Ireland’s potato crop, which was the staple food for the Irish peasants. As

8.  Mass emigrations took place during the period 1847 to 1854. The mid 1800’s
brought Irish leader Daniel O’Connell to center stage in Irish politics and with
him came a new political sense of Ireland as a nation.
 Fitzgerald renounced his allegiance to King Henry VIII in 1534 and was
hanged in 1537. Many Irish Catholics were outraged when Henry VIII created
the Church of England and made it England’s official religion over
Catholicism.. King Henry’s assumption of King of Ireland also angered them.
This time in Irish history religion, rather than national origin, determined the
political scene.. They did occasionally stage rebellions to unfair English
practices, which largely removed all social rights from Catholics including the
right to own or lease land(P 11). Daniel O'Connell was known as the
Liberator for his leadership in the fight for Catholic emancipation from
English rule. During the mid-1800’s a blight wiped out the Ireland’s potato
crop, which was the staple food for the Irish peasants. As a result over one
million people died of disease and starvation. Mass emigrations took place
during the period 1847 to 1854. The mid 1800’s brought Irish leader Daniel
O’Connell to center stage in Irish politics and with him came a new political
sense of Ireland as a nation.

9.  In 1916 the Easter Rising triggered civil wars between protestant and Catholic militant
groups in Northern Ireland(P 12). In 1920, a new hoe rule bill was enacted establish
separate parliaments for Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. Eamon de DeValera was
made the Irish prime minister in 1932 and a new constitution established the sovereign
nation of Ireland, or Eire, within the British Commonwealth of Nations(P13).
Clashes between Irish Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland have resulted in many
deaths and the destruction of property. In 1998 the Good Friday Peace Agreement was
signed between Irish Catholic and Protestant militant groups. Fighting broke out in the
1960’s between the two groups and the IRA a guerilla warfare group contributed to the
chaos.
 In the 21st
century during 2004 the Irish people voted to stop granting citizenship to
anyone born in the country(P 14). 2005 Cork is made European Capital of Culture. The
EU(European Union) recognizes Irish as a working language. See a lot of there history was
influenced by other cultures.


10.  Ireland is divided between Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom which has a protestant majority and
the Republic of Ireland a Catholic stronghold and Southern Ireland and each has its own flag.
 The flag of Northern Ireland is based on the flag of England, with the red cross of Saint George, the patron
saint of England in the background. The red hand is derived from the legend of a war party leader who
promised a prize to the first man to touch land with his right hand. Hearing this a left handed man cut off his
right hand and flung it to the shore, winning the challenge. The six points of the star refer to the six counties of
Ulster that make up Northern Ireland. This flag has been used as a banner of arms by the government of
Northern Ireland since 1925, but it was not officially adopted until 1953.
 The flag of the Republic or Ireland, Southern Ireland, has three vertical panels of green, white, and orange. The
green band represents Catholics of native Irish descent, thee orange band, descendants of the seventeenth
century British Protestants (a group of people who supported England’s King William of Orange”, and the
white band, hope for peace between these two groups. The Irish tricolor, as the flag is called, was not adopted
as the national flag until after the Easter Rising of 1916, when 2,500 Irish rebelled against British rule in
Dublin(P 5). See the flag represents religion which you can find all over the world.

11.  1. What do the colors represent in both of Irelands Flags
 2. What is the most significant historic event for Ireland?
 3. What are the 5 top selling acts of all time in
Ireland?
 4. What are the instruments use in Ireland traditional music.

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28th
2010 from website:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/music of Ireland
4. (Wikipedia 2010) Information website specifically on the history of Ireland
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2010 from website :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history of
Ireland
5.( Irish History Timeline 2010) Information website specifically on the timeline
history of Ireland Retrieved October 28th
2010 from
website:htpp//www.localhistories.org/irishtime.html
6. (Bing Images2010) Bing website of Ireland Pictures November 4th
2010