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ÉIRE (Írország)10th AEC-NET Conference in Dundalk
Céad Mile Fáilte Éire(A Hundred Thousand Welcome In Ireland)
ÉIRE (Írország)10th AEC-NET Conference in Dundalk
Céad Mile Fáilte Éire(A Hundred Thousand Welcome In Ireland)
Előadás az Írországban megtartottprojekt alapú, Ázsia és Európa iskoláit összefogó
10. Nemzetközi Konferenciáról, valamint az országjárás élményeiről(2011. dec. 14-én az Angol Városi Munkaközösség és a Varga
Katalin Angol munkaközössége számáraKészítette: Kajdi Marianna – Varga Katalin Gimnázium)
A Short Portfolio of Ireland
• 26 + 6 = 32 counties (1921)
• Population: 3.5 million
• Irish descent: 2 million in the UK, 500,000 in the USA 213,000 in Australia 74,000 in Canada
• Edna Brian’s novel: Mother Ireland
Molly Malone
Molly Malone
Ancient history
• UNESCO World Heritage Site in Newgrange in the Boyne Valley
• The prehistoric mould dates back to prehistoric times, around 3200 BC in the Neolithic period.
The Book of Kells
• a lavishly decorated copy of the four gospels (= four books in the Bible)
• in Latin• probably produced early in the 9th century• on display in Trinity College, Dublin (the oldest
university in Ireland founded by Elisabeth I in 1592)
Trinity College
Daniel O’ Connell
• Catholic politician in the 19th century• street named after him with his statue in it• referred to as a Liberator• a campaign for Catholic Emancipation against • Act of Union in 1801 (merged the Parliaments of
the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain)
Potato famine 1845-1851
• One million people died.
• One million people emigrated to the USA.
• Many died on the ‘coffin’ ships.
• A statue in St. Stephen’s Green
Eamon de Valera
• 1922 – the English-Irish agreement
• Michael Collins (governing for 18 months)
• Formation of the Free Irish State (Éire)
• E. de Valera – first president of the Republic
• 1937 - Constitution
• 1949 – leaves the British Commonwealth
1990 - 2007
• 1990 – Mary Robinson – first woman president
• 1997 – divorce is legitimate• 1998 – David Timble and John Hume –
Nobel Peace Prize• 2002 - Euro• 2005 - IRA declares to finish its war• 2007 – old government resigned, new
elections
Peat bogs in Connemara
Kylemore Abbey
The Guinness Estate in the Wicklow Mountain