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Ireland
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MapLatitude: 50Longitude: 20
4 Things You Should Know
Population: 4,156,119
Total Area: 27,135 square miles
Capital City: Dublin
Official Language: 1st language: Irish 2nd language:
English
Climate and Weather
• In Ireland they have many mountains usually in the West and the South!
• Most of Ireland is grassland. But they do have some lakes too.
• Ireland also tends to have high winds.
• Also temperatures average about 42 degrees farenheit.
Plants and Animals
• For animals Ireland has a whole BUNCH of them! Like salmon and mackerel.
• Also they have herring, some types of trout and moles too.
• PLUS they have weasels, peat moss and a bunch of grass!
Language
• The first language the people in Ireland spoke was you guessed it! Irish!
• The second language they spoke is English! Just like us!
Flags
• Ireland’s flag is green, white, and orange. Just like the one below!
Clothes
• People in Ireland usually wear what we wear!• Sometimes they wear white tee-shirts and
jeans for boys and girls. Or for girls sometimes they wear dresses and skirts!
• And for men suits or tee-shirts. And if you are a bag-pipe player you would wear a kilt! Yep that’s right men wear kilts if they are bag-pipe players!
• And women wear the same thing as girls only a different size!
Food/Eating
• People in Ireland eat pretty much what we eat.
• Like beef, chicken, bread, fruit, pork, veggies, potatoes, and so on.
• Also in Ireland they drink beer like adults in the U.S.A.!
Houses
• Ireland’s houses are pretty much just like our houses.
• Some of Ireland’s houses have pretty designs too.
Government
• In Ireland the first government was in 1922.
• (That’s all I know about their government!)
Landscape/Ocean
• Ireland lies across the Irish Sea close to Great Britain.
• The Irish Sea is also the Atlantic Ocean!
Continent/Hemisphere
• Ireland is near Europe. And is off the coast of Europe.
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Bibliography
The bibliography for this power point was written out and handed in to Ms. Olson separately.