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DESTINATION IRELAND http://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB 1. What is the nickname of Ireland? The esmerald island 2. How many provinces did it have? 4 provinces. 3. Write their names here: Leinster, Munster, Ulster, Connacht 4. Northern Ireland is part of ..UK............................. 5. What’s the name of the capital of The Republic of Ireland? Dublin. 6. Write the names of the cities mentioned in the video a. ..Dublin..... b...Newgrange...c..Tipperary........d..Galway.... 7. DUBLIN FACTS a. THE RIVER: Liffey b. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Trinity College c. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST(amplia) .. library. 8. OTHER PARTS OF IRELAND a. What’s NEWGRANGE? A massive tomb b. It’s compared to the .pyramids of Gizah c. What happens in Newgrange during the winter solstice? A beam of light enters the central chamber. 9. Write 5 different types of buildings that you can find all over Ireland: a. ..towers./.fortresses.. b. ...castles.... c. ...churches............... d. .monastires.......... e. ..cathidral./..cottages 10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was visited by .st Patrick...... and BECAME a ..medieval cathedral....... 11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near...Galway.... a. They rise over...650 feet...... b. Convert that into metres. 198,12 12. THE BURREN has a surreal landscape of cracked limestone.

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Page 1: Destination Ireland

DESTINATION IRELANDhttp://on.natgeo.com/PlqLuB

1. What is the nickname of Ireland?The esmerald island

2. How many provinces did it have?4 provinces.

3. Write their names here: Leinster, Munster, Ulster, Connacht4. Northern Ireland is part of ..UK.............................5. What’s the name of the capital of The Republic of Ireland?

Dublin.6. Write the names of the cities mentioned in the video

a. ..Dublin..... b...Newgrange...c..Tipperary........d..Galway....7. DUBLIN FACTS

a. THE RIVER: Liffeyb. THE NAME OF ITS UNIVERSITY: Trinity Collegec. THIS UNIVERSITY HAS A VAST(amplia) ..library.

8. OTHER PARTS OF IRELANDa. What’s NEWGRANGE? A massive tombb. It’s compared to the .pyramids of Gizahc. What happens in Newgrange during the winter solstice?

A beam of light enters the central chamber.9. Write 5 different types of buildings that you can find all over

Ireland:a. ..towers./.fortresses..b. ...castles....c. ...churches...............

d. .monastires..........e. ..cathidral./..cottages

10. THE ROCK OF CASHEL was visited by .st Patrick...... and BECAME a ..medieval cathedral.......

11. THE CLIFFS OF MOHER are near...Galway....a. They rise over...650 feet......b. Convert that into metres. 198,12

12. THE BURREN has a surreal landscape of cracked limestone.

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13. OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITITES: In Ireland you can a. ....travel.... along the river ...Shannon...........b. ...ride...horses.... in Connemarac. stroll through quaint ...towns.... or the lush .countrysides...

14. How is the countryside of Ireland described?It is coloured in 40 shades of green.15. AFTER THE VIDEO: ENRICH THIS DOCUMENT OF IRELAND WITH BEAUTIFUL

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO.

Rock of Cashel (Tipperary)

Cliffs of Moher

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Newgrange

Fortress of Munster

Connemara

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Liffey

By Angélica Arjona, Group 1