Ireland

Flag:

The national flag of Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta) is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland. It is a tricolored flag composed by three vertical striping of equal dimensions: green (side of the shaft), white and orange. The orange band symbolizes the Protestants of Ireland and the green one represents the Catholics of the country. The white band represents the peace thateventually will come between them.

Some popular later beliefs, they affirm that this meaning is established by protocol and that the colors of the flag represent the color of the skin, the hair and the eyes of the race icónica of the country.

Currency:

The Irish coins of Euro share the same image imagined by Jarlath Hayes, that of the Celtic harp, a traditional Irish symbol from theMiddle Ages, based on the representation of Brian Boru's Harp, located in the Trinity College of Dublin, allegedly property of the former High King of Ireland, Brian Boru. The same harp is used as official symbol of the Irish State, the Great Stamp of Ireland. The coins also "Éire" presents 12 stars of the EU, the year of coinage and the Irish word for Ireland, in the Gaelic traditional alphabet.Geography

The island of Ireland is located to Europa's northwest, forming a part of the British archipelago being the second island in extension of the same one, it is Europa's third island, after Great Britain and Iceland, and the twentieth one of the world.

The surface of the island is 84.421 km ², of which 83 % (aprox. five sixth ones) belongs to the Republic (70 280 km ²) and the rest theyconstitute Northern Ireland. It is surrounded in the western part by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-East by the Channel of the North. In the eastern part one finds the Sea of Ireland, which connects the ocean route southwest with the Channel of San Jorge and the Celtic Sea. The coast west of Ireland is formed in his most by cliffs and low mountains (the highest point is the Carrauntoohill of1.041 m).

The temperatures of the zone are modified by the Front North Atlantic and it is relatively soft. The summers are strange very hot (the temperatures only exceed the 30 °C once every 10 years, though they are in the habit of reaching the 29 °C many summers, only it freezes occasionally in winter (lower temperatures than-6 °C are not common).

Language:

The official languages are theIrish (Gaeilge), Celtic native language, and the Englishman, which is described constitutionally as an official secondary language. To learn Irish is obligatory in the education, but the Englishman is widely predominant. The public signs are generally bilingual and national means exist also in Irish. The population belonging to communities of predominantly Irish speech (the Gaeltacht) is limitedto scarcely a few dozens of thousands of persons in isolated bags, principally towards the western coast.

Inhabitants, population:

The total population of Ireland belongs 4.581.269 inhabitants who live in the Republic of Irlanda53 (1,7 million approximately in the Great Area of Dublin). In 1841 the population was 6,5 million inhabitants, and it went on to 5,1 millions in 1850 after the GreatIrish famine accompanied of a massive emigration. The population continued decreasing until the year 1960, as it indicates that in 1901 the population was 3,2 million inhabitants and in 1961 of 2,8 millions, but from this moment it returned to grow. In the year 1990 and even more in the year 2000 the immigration has increased. Nevertheless, from the snap of the economic crisis in 2008 theimmigration has diminished considerably and has increased the emigration.

Cities:

Three principal cities in the Republic of Ireland are Dublin, Cork and Galway. Dublin, located in the East of the province, is the capital of Ireland. Cork (the cultural European capital in 2005) is to the south of the country and Galway in the western part.

Aborigines:

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