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2.Where is it located?

3.What is this country known for?

4.What is Irish folk music about?

5.What can you tell about the Irish language?

6.How do people celebrate St Patrick’s Day?

Ireland – The Emerald Isle

Covering the greater part of the island, Ireland, or Eire for the Irish, is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe. Ireland is also known as the Emerald isle because of its amazingly green countryside. The Irish often say that in no other place in the world will someone ever get to see so many different shades and tones of green. Eire is located to the west of Great Britain and it has a magnificent coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. Dublin, the capital, is the country’s largest city and a major port.

This rather small and geographically isolated country is also known for its rich cultural heritage, longstanding traditions and unique spirit of its people. The Irish are a warm and friendly people who have a reputation for their hospitality and for their great skills in storytelling and music making. Irish folk music is about the sorrows and joys of life and is full of nostalgia especially from the Irish immigrants who left their homeland in search of a better life.

Even though, throughout Ireland, people speak English in their everyday lives, Irish is the first official language of the Republic of Ireland. The Irish language, which is a one-thousand- year-old Celtic language, is mostly spoken in the west of Ireland. However, things have recently started changing and the Irish language has been going through a revival. It is taught in primary school, heard on the radio and TV stations and it is used in newspapers.

, on March 17th, commemorates Ireland’s national saint and is celebrated in many countries around the world. In fact, as the popular saying goes, on St Patrick’s Day, everyone is Irish.

People decorate their homes with green ribbons and balloons and they traditionally wear green clothes, hats and ties. You’ll see lots of shamrocks on St Patrick’s Day. The shamrock, a small three-leaved green plant, has become Ireland’s national symbol. In Dublin, the festivities run for three days with plenty of colourful parades and street theatres for both locals and tourists to enjoy.

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