IRELAND

DUBLIN

IRELAND

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CELEBRATIONS

• Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile
• tPádraighe Day of the Festival of Patrick") is a cultural and religious
• religious holiday celebrated annually on 17 March, the death date
• of the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick
• Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early seventeenth century

RELIGIONS

ETHNIC MIX

IRISH STEW

• Irish stew is a traditional stew made from lamb, or mutton as well as potatoes
• , onions, and parsley. It may sometimes also include carrots.
• Irish stew is also made with kid goat.

MONEY IN IRELAND

• The Republic of Ireland ( Ireland Tourism) uses the Euro (€).
• The notes come in €500, €200, €100, €50, €20, €10 and €5 denominations.
• NB: €100 notes and above may not be accepted or be carefully scrutinised in shops.
• 100 cents make up €1 and the coins are as follows 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c,
• , €1 and €2.

LANGUAGE IN IRELAND

• English as a first language. Irish (Gaeilge) is a dying language that is only
• spoken in certain areas in the countryside, but the people who speak it
• speak it fluently still know how to speak English.
• in Ireland most of us speak English (98%) but irish is the official
• language and is not spoken by much(2%)

GOVERNMENT

• Ireland is a parliamentary democracy.
• The Head of the Government is the Taoiseach. The Tánaiste is the Deputy
• Prime Minister. There are 15 Government Departments.
• The Taoiseach and the Ministers collectively form the Government under the
• Irish constitution, and they hold executive power.

PRESIDENT

IRELAND