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ok ireland is also known as the emerald isle and is an island devided into 2 parts, the republic of ireland/ROI,which has its own government and is an independant country with 26 counties, and then there is northern ireland, which is part of the uk and has 6 counties! the country devided in 1921 when the republic became a free state from the uk but northern ireland remained part of the uk!
the republic of ireland uses the euro, and has done since 2001 befor the euro/€ was introduced the irish used the pound or punt,
northern ireland use sterling, which is the currency used in the uk,
the magority of ireland speak english as there first language but many still speak irish/gealge which is the traditional language and is thought in irish schools!
the irish flag or the tricolour as its also called is green white and orange and is a symbol of peace between irish catholics and irish protestants, the flag was introduced to ireland in 1848, befor the tricolour, the irish flag was green with a golden harp! there are also irish sports such as GAA and hurling, and ireland is also in the top ten of best education systems in the world
ireland is famous for guinness, irish wiskey, irish coffee, hurling, gaa, W.B Yeats, shamrocks, music, litreture, musical instrements such as the harp, mythology and folklore,oscar wilde, its history,
food, like salmon, irish stew, soda bread, st. patrick (who wasnt actually irish),
and ireland has a population of about 6 million (you may need to check that out) |