The document provides an overview of Ireland, detailing its geography, history, language, society, and significant cultural aspects. It includes information on official names, population, and key historical events, as well as highlights of various Irish regions, notable landmarks, and famous figures in Irish culture. It serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding Irish heritage and attractions.

1. An overview
Marina Rodríguez Pérez

2. Irish facts and figures
Irish Name: Éire Geographically divided:
The Republic of Ireland and
Capital: Dublin (Báile Northern Ireland (part of United
Átha Cliath) Kingdom)
Official languages: Area: 70,273 Km2
English and Irish Population: about 5 mill.
Currency: Euro Drive: on the left
Goverment: Unitary Internet TLD: .ie
parlamentary constitutional
republic Time zone: UTC +0

3. History Timeline
8000 BC- Celtic times
 mesolithic hunter migratefrom Britain and the continent
 Neolithic sites as New Grange
5th C- 600 AD: Saint Patrick brings Chrisitanity
1169- The English come to Ireland
1840 The great hunger
Fighting to be free:
 1914- Britain gives Ireland an Irish Parliament
 1916- Patrick Pearse
 1919-Sinn Fein and IRA
 1972- Bloody Sunday
 2008- a new agreement

4. Celtic Ireland
Sports : hurling and gaelic football
Music
Folk: Patrick denehi
Modern Folk: Enya, Coors
Pop: U2, Sinead O’Connor
Celtic Language
Celtic Mythology

5. Irish Language
Proto-indoeuropean
Celtic Germanic
insular continental west
Goidelic celtiberian German
Scots Irish gaelic English

6. Celtic Mythology
The Fir Bholg The Ulster
Cycle
The Bull
The Formorians
from Cooley
Cuchulainn
Tuatha De
Medb &
Danann
Conchobar
Lugh

7. Irish Society
0-14 age
15-29 age
30-64 age
+ 65age

8. Irish Climate
250
200
150 rain (mm)
sun
100
snow(mm)
50
0
1er trim. 2do trim. 3er trim. 4to trim.

9. Irish Agriculture
Arable
Sheep, Cattle and Grazing
Dairying

11. Geographycal Division
CONNAUGHT MUNSTER
 Galway  Cork
 Mayo  Limerick
 Kerry
LEINSTER
 Dublin ULSTER
 Kilkenny Donegal
 Wexford Caval
Monahan

12. Irish Highlights
East and Midlands
South
West

13. East and Midlands: Meath
· Newgrange: the megalithic tomb is a UNESCO
World Heritage
· Trim castle and visitors centre: the largest Anglo -
Norman castle in Ireland.
· Hill of Tara: Stone Age tomb visual show and guided
tours.
· Athboy city: VI C. city.
· Boyne valley: a walking tour to see the site of The
Battle of the Boyne (1690).

14. East and Midlands:
Kildare
· Castletown house: 1722 Palladian style country house.
· Ballindoolin house and gardens: Georgian house in a
magnificent forest park.
· Coolcarrigan house, Gardens and Church
· Russborough house: often described as the most beautiful
house in Ireland (1750)
· Kildare Town, a Humanity’s heritage town.
· The Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre -Silverware product
from celebrities

15. East and Midlands:
Wicklow
· Black castle ruins
· Killruddery House and garden: Elizabethan Revival mansion.
· Brittas Bay: Blue Flag beach
· Glendalough: glaciated valley and 6th Christian monastic
remains (audiovisual centre)
· Caravan tours: to Mottee Stone, The Wicklow Mountains
National Park, the Blessington lakes…
· Killruddery gardens and House: 17th C. French design gardens
· Wicklow’s historic Gaol
· Ardmore cinema studios with cinema routes: Excalibur,
Braveheart or Michael Collins.

16. East and Midlands:
Louth
· Monasterboice: 5th C. monastic remains
· Old Mellifont Abbey: 1142 Cistercian Monastery
ruins
· Carlinford medieval town and King John's, Castle,
· Cúchulainn’s stone: stone monument
· Knockabbey Castle and 11th C. water gardens
· The Cooley Peninsula : Carlingford Lough boat rides
and sailing.
· Carrickmacross lace: traditional lace gallery

17. East and Midlands:
Longford
· Harp festival
· Corlea tracking way: 148 BC Iron Age bog
road
· Strokestown House and garden: 18th-century
mansion
· Belvedere House and gardens

18. East and Midlands:
Westmeath
· Athlone Castle
· Tullynally House and gardens: 1800’s gothic
castle
· Mullaghmeen 1,000 acre forest
· Locke’s Distillery Museum.
· The River Shannon natural unspoiled beauty
and wild life tours.

19. East and Midlands
Offaly: Laois:
 Birr Demense castle and  Donaghmore Famine
garden Museum
 ·Clonmacnoise: 6th C.  ·Emo Court and
monastic site gardens: neo - classical
 The Tullamore Dew style.
Whiskey Heritage Centre  Ballyfin House:
neoclassical house.

20. South: Carlow
· Dunleckney Manor (bagnelstown): Tudor Gothic country
house
· Leighlinbridge: 14th c. castle, Carmelite priory, bridge across
the river Barrow (1320).
· Brownshill dolmen ( 2500 B.C ).
· Huntington House and gardens (17th C)
·Oak Park Forest Park
·Altamont gardens: romantic garden.
· Carlow beer Brewing Company
· Ballykeenan Pet Farm

21. South: Kilkenny
· Kilkenny City Tour: medieval friendly streets,
13th c. Black Abbey, Saint Canice's Cathedral
and Round Tower ,Killkenny 12th c. Castle
· Jerpoint Abbey: 12th c. Cistercian abbey
· Saint Mary’s Church (13th c)
·Kilkenny Craft Trail
· Try the famous Kilkenny beer in any of its
more than 500 pubs!

22. South: Wexford
· Duncannon Fort: museum and fortress.
·Dunbrody ship: replica of a 1845 ship
· John F Kennedy Arboretum: woodland walks,
playground, tree house, lake with ducks and fish.
· Kilmokea gardens
·Hook Head Peninsula: lighthouse, picnicking, wreck
diving, and wild landscape.
· Opera Festival (autumn)

23. South: Tipperary
· Glengara woods (Cahir): 776 hectares of forest
· Glen of Aherlow: 16-mile glen
· Mitchelson caves tour
· Rosacrea Castle (1280)
· Rock of Cashel: group of medieval buildings including the
12th c. tower, High Cross and Romanesque Chapel, 13th c.
Gothic cathedral, 15th c. castle and the Hall of the Vicars.
· Cahir Castle (XII.c ).
· Brú Ború cultural: native Irish music, song, dance, theatre
and Celtic studies.
· Lar na Pairce: museum of gaelic games.

24. South: Waterford
· Dungarvan Castle: 1185 Anglo-Norman King John's
Castle
· Ballysaggartmore gothic style buildings in woodland
walking and picnic areas.
· Cooligan Woodland trail
· Scenic drives: Comeragh Mountains, Nire Valley
Drives, Vallingscallon forest.
· Waterford’s blue-flag: Dunmore East, Ardmore,
Bunmahon, Clonea and Counsellor’s Strand.
· Crystal factory

25. South: Cork
· Rock close: ancient druidic settlement.
·Bantry House and gardens
· Charles Fort (Kinsale): 17th c. fortress.
· Blarney Castle’s stone: has the traditional power of
conferring eloquence on all who kiss it.
· Cobh heritage Centre- Titanic story
·The Jameson experience in Midleton Distillery
· The lighthouse at Mizen Head
· Garnish Island

26. South: Kerry
· Ross Castle (kilarney): 15th c. towerhouse
· Muckross House and Lake in Killarney National Park.
· The Skellings islands: ecclesiastical ruins of the Dark Ages.
The Ring of Kerry: beaches , ancient monuments and outdoor
activities and routes.
· Killarney national Park: Gap of Dunloe glaciated valley, The
Beara Way (five days route)
·Dingle Peninsula and the Blasket islands: Eco boat tours
· Coolwood Park: wildlife park
·Crag Cave:
· Famine cottage: is a relic of famine times in Ireland.
· Ballybunion: Superb beach, seaweed baths

27. West: Clare
· Craggaunowen- prehistoric park.
· The Burren: monuments characteristic of
every period from the Neolithic onwards
· The village of Killaloe : the palace of Brian
Ború, famed 11th century king of Ireland.
·Cliffs of Moher: 214-metre cliffs
· The Aillwee Caves
· Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

28. West: Limerick
· Adare town: village with l thatched cottages, Tudor-
style houses and gardens.
· Celtic Park at Kilcornan: Ireland’s ancient history
museum
· Lough Gur: pre-celtic archaeological site.
· The Ballyhoura Mountains walking trails.
· Boyce gardens
· Buttercap Farm
·The Irish Harp Centre

29. West: Galway
· Dun Aonghasa Fort: fort in Inishmore
· Kylemore Abbey: Victorian-era castle.
· Saint Brendan’s Cathedral (Conflert)
· Aran Islands: traditional language, culture and music, unique
in their geology and archaeology
· Connemara National Park.
· Killary Fjord
· Atlantaquaria: Ireland’s largest aquarium
·Medieval Banquets at Kinvara
· Galway’s busy nightlife.
· Glengowla mines

30. West: Mayo
· Wesport House: 18th-century stately home set
in parkland with a lake, terraces and gardens.
·Achill island
· Croagh Patrick: holy mountain
· National Museum of Ireland’s country life
· Féile Chois Chuain in Louisburg: Irish music
festival

31. West: Roscommon
· Boyle Abbey: 12th c. Cistercian monastery
· King House: 1730 Georgian mansion
· Roscommon Castle ruins
· Strokestown Park and Famine Museum
· Lough Key Forest Park and lake, Lough Key, Lough
Gara and Lough Boderg.
· Glender open Farm (Athlone)
· Derryglad Folk Museum (Athlone): rural artifacts

32. West: Leitrim
· Drumkeeran Heritage centre: Irish traditional
farmhouse and cottage
· Parkes castle: Lough Gill and manor house
· Glencar waterfall
· Glenfarne forest
· Kinlough folk museum:
· Swan Island Open Farm
· Leitrim Crystal Market Yard: crystal gifts and
tableware.

33. West: Sligo
· Carrowmore Megalithic cementry
· Sligo Abbey
· Drumcliff church and visitor centre
· Lakeview Gardens
· Lough Gill : fishing
· Gillighan’s World: botanical gardens with
“enchanted” areas, miniature villages, and fairy folk.
· Sligo Folk Park: 19th century village, houses and
attractions

34. Famous Irish
Writers
 James Joyce ,Samuel Becket, Oscar Wilde
 Boyne: the boy with stripped pijamas
Actors
 Kenneth Branagh
 Daniel Day Lewis
 Pierce Brosnan