1. THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND

2. Geography mild oceanic climate North Atlantic ocean, Celtic sea, Irish sea river Shannon mount Carrauntoohil lake Lough Neagh

3. History of the island 7,500 BC: First people arrive in Ireland 432: St Patrick arrives in Ireland 795: the Vikings start to invade Ireland 841: The Vikings create the city of Dublin 1169: First English soldiers arrive in Ireland 17 th century: Plantation of Ulster 1690: Battle of the Boyne

4. 1845-49: The potato famine 1916: The Easter Rising 1919-22: The war of independance => 1. Northern Ireland 2. Southern independent Ireland => the Republic of Ireland (1937)

5. IRA  Irish Republican Army  found before The Easter Rising (1916)  fought for the independance or Ireland  against the United Kingdom  nowadays officially demilitarized

6. CULTURE Saint Patrick (patron): missionary, „banished snakes“ 17 March – green clothes Leprichauns dances whiskey beers (Guiness), pubs

7. Irish famous people James Joyce George Bernard Shaw William Butler Jonathan Swift Samuel Barclay Beckett Francis Scott Fitzgerald Oscar Wilde

8. Pierce Brosnan – actor Colin Farell – actor Glen Hansard – singer U2 – music band Westlife – music band Michael Flatley- dancer George Berkeley – philosophe

10. THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

11. Basic facts Capital: Dublin Area: 70 000 km 2 Population: 4.5 millions Official languages: Irish, English Religion: catholic Currency: Euro Government: parliamentary democratic constitutional republic

13. Interesting places  Limerick  Croagh Patrick  Killarney National Park

14. NORTHERN IRELAND

15. Basic facts Capital: Belfast Area: 13,843 km 2 Population: 1,759,000 Official languages: English, Irish Religion: protestant Currency: British pound Government: constitunional monarchy (queen Elisabeth II.), Northern Ireland assembly