Ireland

About Ireland

Ireland occupies most of an island on Europe's Atlantic edge, famed for green landscapes that earned it the nickname 'Emerald Isle.' Its capital, Dublin, grew from a Viking settlement on the River Liffey into a literary powerhouse that has produced several Nobel laureates. Beyond the city lie dramatic sea cliffs, prehistoric tombs older than the pyramids, and a tradition of music and storytelling known worldwide.

• ·Ireland is one of the few countries with a musical instrument as its national emblem — a harp modeled on the medieval Brian Boru harp at Trinity College Dublin.
• ·The passage tomb at Newgrange, built around 3200 BC, is older than both Stonehenge and Egypt's Great Pyramid.
• ·Halloween traces its roots to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival in Ireland marking the end of the harvest season.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• United Kingdom