transcription of IRELAND

PRESENTATION

We have chosen Ireland because it is the contry with a lot of tradition, and it is very similar to Catalunya; for its nacional spirit.

GEOGRAPHY
Ireland is in the small island of the British Isles.
It is a part of the European Union.
Its capital is Dublin.
Ireland is situated in the Atlantic Ocean, in the north of france and west of the big island. it is traditionally divided in four regions or provinces: Leinster, Ulster, Connacht, and Muster. The island of Ireland extends over 84,421 Square kilometres

CLIMA AND VEGETATION.
Ireland has a wet climate, The local temperate climate is modified by the North Atlantic Current and is relatively mild. Summer temperatures exceed 30 °C but the winter the temperature exceed -6º.
Precipitation is very common, with some parts of the country getting up to 275 days with rain annually.
there are a lot of cliffs all arround the coast.
This island is sometimes called Emerald island, because of the intense green colour of the Irish landscape.

THE LENGUAGE AND POPULATION
There are two official languatges, Irish and English.
Irish is a Celtic lenguage which is spoken by few old people.
Everybody speaks English. From the first of January 1801 until the 6th of Desembre 1922. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
It was a population of 4062235 inhabitants.

MUSIC
Traditional Irish music is very well known arround the world. Its origin goes bach hundreds of years.
Nowadays there are some famous pop and rock artist like U2, The Cors, or The Cranberries