The document provides information about the locations, flags, and cultural symbols of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and their constituent countries. It discusses the capitals and flags of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. It then describes some of the national flowers and their symbolic meanings: the thistle of Scotland, the rose of England, the daffodil of Wales, and the shamrock of Northern Ireland. The document also briefly outlines major religions and provides examples of important cities and landmarks to visit in each country and region.

1. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EIRE. Location: States and capitals.

2. The national emblems for the different states.

3. Cultural information: Places, monuments or special details. Í N D I C E:

4. LOCATION: STATES AND CAPITALS ENGLAND (Capital: LONDON).

5. SCOTLAND (Capital: EDINBURGH).

6. WALES (Capital: CARDIFF).

7. NORTHERN IRELAND (Capital: BELFAST).

8. EIRE (Capital: DUBLIN).

9. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man . Together, these constitute the British Isles - which is a geographical term for a group of islands lying off the north-west coast of mainland Europe. EIRE Dublin The Isle of Man The Channel Islands

10. THE FOUR STATES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM The United Kingdom is made up of four states: SCOTLAND ENGLAND NORTHERN IRELAND WALES

11. SCOTLAND

12. ENGLAND

13. NORTHERN IRELAND

14. WALES

15. EIRE Flags of the different states and EIRE

16. THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S FLAG The emblems on the Union Flag are crosses from three patrons saint. The red cross over white of Saint George represents to England. The diagonally white cross over blue of Saint Andrew represents to Scotland. The diagonally red cross over white of Saint Patrick represents to Northern Ireland.

17. The final version of The “Union Jack” (UNITED KINGDOM'S FLAG) appears in 1.801. Union Flag England Northern Ireland Scotland Union Jack

18. The prickly purple thistle was adopted as the Emblem of Scotland during the rein of Alexander III (1249 -1286). Legend has it that an Army of King Haakon of Norway, intent on conquering the Scots landed at the Coast of Largs at night to surprise the sleeping Scottish Clansmen. In order to move more stealthily under the cover of darkness the Norsemen removed their footwear. As they drew near to the Scots it wasn't the only thing hiding under the cover of darkness. For one of Haakon's men unfortunately stood on one of these spiny little defenders and shrieked out in pain, alerting the Clansmen of the advancing Norsemen. Needless to say the Scots who won the day. The Scottish Thistle, Emblem of SCOTLAND.

19. The Scottish Thistle

20. The Floral Emblem of England, THE ROSE. The national flower of England is the rose . The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).

21. THE ROSE

22. The Floral Emblem of Wales, THE DAFFODIL . The national flower of Wales is the daffodil , which is traditionally worn on St. David’s Day. The vegetable called leek is also considered to be a traditional emblem of Wales. There are many explanations of how the leek came to be adopted as the national emblem of Wales. One is that St David advised the Welsh, on the eve of battle with the Saxons, to wear leeks in their caps to distinguish friend from foe. As Shakespeare records in Henry V, the Welsh archers wore leeks at the battle of Agin court in 1415.

23. THE DAFFODIL

24. The Floral Emblem of Northern Ireland The Shamrock. The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock, a three-leaved plant similar to clover which is said to have been used by St. Patrick to illustrate the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

25. The Floral Emblem of Northern Ireland THE Shamrock.

26. RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Protestant Churches Armagh ( Northern IRELAND) Derry (IRELAND) St.Columbus The weddings of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and many other occasions have graced this spiritual centre. Built of Portland stone with a Dome that rises to 365 feet and with Great Paul, the largest bell in England, this has to be one of THE MUST SEE sights in London.

27. RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Catholic Churches Catholic Church of Birmingham Holy Name of Jesus (Manchester) St. Anthony´s Catholic Church in BELFAST St. Joseph' s Paris church in SURREY St Thomas of Canterbury, a church in the anglo-catholic tradition set in the centre of Brentwood, in the diocese of Chelmsford, Essex, England.

28. COMPARING THE MOST PRACTISING RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EIRE AND SPAIN

29. COMPARING THE NOWADAYS RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM – EIRE AND SPAIN

30. RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM