1. IRELAND
Geography
Stories
Symbols
Music
Food Places to visit

2. Geography
* Official Name: Éire,
Republic of Ireland
* Capital: Dublin
* Population: 4,109,086
* Monetary unit: Euro
* Official languages:
Irish/English
* Area: 68,890 square km Click to know more about Ireland

3. * Major mountain ranges:
Macgillycuddy's Reeks,
Wicklow Mountains
* Major rivers: Shannon,
Liffey, Boyne, Moy,
Barrow

4. Symbols
The flag of Ireland was
The coat of arms: The shamrock is a
adopted on January 21,
The harp is used popular way to
1919. Ireland's flag uses
as the symbol of represent Saint
color to symbolize
the Irish State Patrick's Day.
religions; green is
and is used on the
representative of
back of Irish Euro
Catholics; orange is
coins.
representative of
Protestants, and the

5. Food
Vegetables Potatoes Cheese
Fish Bread Meat

6. Irish stew Colcannon
Scones
Guinness
beer

7. Stories
The original Irish name means small-bodied
fellow. In Irish mythology, a leprechaun is a
male fary said to inhabit the island of Ireland.
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8. Leprechauns usually take the form of old men.
Their trade is that of a cobbler or
shoemaker. They are said to be very rich.
According to legend, if anyone keeps an eye
fixed upon one, he cannot escape, but the
moment the gaze is withdrawn, he vanishes.

9. Music
The harp is one of
The fiddle and
the cultural icons
the penny
of Ireland, and
whistle are
was used
well-known for
extensively in the
their use in
Middle Ages.
traditional
Irish music.
The bodhran is a goat-skin
drum that adds percussion
to the mix. Concertinas and
accordions are popular as
well

10. Places to visit
Dublin Newgrange Rock of Cashel - Cork
Gallarus oratory - Dingle Cliffs of Moher Kylemore Abbey - Connemara