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Ireland offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	12 mars 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781406246773
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Countries Around the World Ireland

Melanie Waldron

Raintree is an imprint ofCapstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582

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Edited by Laura Knowles Designed by Victoria Allen Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2012 Illustrated by Oxford Designers and Illustrators Picture research by Mica Brancic Originated by Capstone Global Library Printed and bound in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 23577 7 (hardback) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataWaldron, Melanie. Ireland. -- (Countries around the world) 941.5'0824-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy pp.9(© Sue Heaton),15(© Ros Drinkwater),17(© Kevin Schafer),27(© George Munday),31(© Imagestate Media Partners Limited - Impact Photos/Geray Sweeney),33(© Michael Cullen); Corbis pp.10(© Bettmann),32(© Bob King),34(© Marco Cristofori); Getty Images p.7(Hulton Archive); iStockphoto pp.21(© Tomas Bercic),35(© Andreas Kaspar),39(© ooyoo); Photolibrary pp.25(Hemis/Bertrand Rieger), 28(Britain on View/Daniel Bosworth),29(Practical Pictures/ Craig Robertson); Shutterstock pp.5(© Walshphotos), 6(© John Sones),13(© Stephen Bonk),16(© Hans Kwaspen), 18(© Michael Steden),19(© Sue Robinson),23(© PHB.cz (Richard Semik)),30(© Eireann),37(© Andreas Juergensmeier),46(© Christophe Testi).

Cover photograph of Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland reproduced with permission of Getty Images/Stone/ Travelpix Ltd.

We would like to thank Pádraic Whyte and Clodagh Moynan for their invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publishers.

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Contents

Introducing Ireland.................................................................................... 4 History: turbulent times........................................................................... 6 Regions and resources: landscape and economy ........................12 Wildlife: a varied environment.............................................................16 Infrastructure: Ireland’s systems .........................................................22 Culture: Ireland’scraic.............................................................................28 Irelandtoday..............................................................................................34 Factfile.........................................................................................................36 Timeline .......................................................................................................40 Glossary .......................................................................................................42 Findoutmore............................................................................................44 Topic tools...................................................................................................46 Index .............................................................................................................48

Some words are printed in bold,like this. You can înd out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

Introducing Ireland

Think of emeralds, and what do you imagine? Do you imagine lots of different colours of green? Ireland is sometimes known as "the emerald isle". This is because of the lush green vegetation that covers a lot of the country, creating a beautiful landscape.

Land of contrast Ireland is a country with a very distinctcultureand lots of old traditions. However, Ireland is also a modern, 21st-century country. Some modern developments have had a negative impact on Ireland’s traditional culture, but others fit in well with it. This contrasting and surprising feel to the country draws tourists back again and again.

Ireland is an island, located in the northwest corner of Europe. It lies just to the west of Great Britain. Far to the west, across the Atlantic Ocean, lies Canada. The northeast corner of the island is part of the United Kingdom, and is called Northern Ireland. The rest of the island is called the Republic of Ireland, and is about a third of the size of the United Kingdom.

Ireland has had a troubled history, with violent clashes during its struggle forindependencefrom the United Kingdom. However, Irish people have never lost their deep sense of culture and pride in their country. Towards the end of the 20th century, Ireland modernized very quickly. It became one of the richest countries in Europe. However, this was not to last.

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