Ireland
Ireland is a country of Europe.
ESSENTIAL DATA
Ireland is at the same time an
island of the Atlantic Ocean
(located at the west of Great Britain) and
a country. Ireland as country
occupies the essence of the territory of Ireland as an island; the North-East
of the island is occupied by Northern Ireland (which constitutes part of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
Ireland counts many lakes and marshes (peat bogs). Its surface is largely covered
with permanent meadows.
It practically does not comprise on the other hand forests.
Little populated, Ireland has the
density of the population lowest of Europe. Its population lowered half in second half
of the
xix E century following a terrible famine.
Until the medium of the xx E century, Ireland was
one of the poorest countries of Europe. In the years 1960, it encouraged the
foreign companies to be installed on its territory, it was industrialized then
it adhered to European construction. One then spoke about Irish
economic miracle so much his
situation improved.
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Ireland
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Name
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Free state of Ireland
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Population
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4 062 235 inhabitants in 2006
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Capital
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Dublin (495 781 inhabitants);
agglomeration (1 015 043 inhabitants) |
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Surface
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70 273 km²
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Administrative
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26 counties
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Principal
cities
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Dublin (495 781 inhabitants)
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Cork (123 062 inhabitants)
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Galway (65 832 inhabitants)
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Limerick (54 023 inhabitants)
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Waterford (44 594 inhabitants)
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Drogheda (28 333 inhabitants)
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Dundalk (27 385 inhabitants)
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Bray (26 244 inhabitants)
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Currency
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euro
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Official
languages
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English
Gaelic |
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HISTORIC INSIGHT
Invaded by the Celts to the VI E
century before J-C, the Irish territory is christianized by Patrick
saint to O C century
after J-C Envahie by the Vikings, Ireland passes then under
English domination. In 1541, the
king of England Henri VIII receives the title of king d' Irlande. He tries to
introduce the Anglicanism in Ireland, which involves wars of religion between
the Irish catholics and the English Anglicans. The British domination leads
to the
fastening of Ireland in Great Britain in
1801 by the Act of Union. Between 1846 and 1848, 2 million Irishman die of famine, harvests of potatoes having been very bad, and
6 million people emigrate, especially towards the United States.
The fight for Irish autonomy agitates the company and leads to a
nationalist insurrection in 1916. It leads to
the partition of Ireland in 1921: on a side the free State of Ireland;
other Northern Ireland, which remains attached to Great Britain. After many
disorders, the Irish Republic is
proclaimed in 1949. It takes part in European construction since 1973 while the situation in Northern
Ireland, where Protestant and catholic continue to be opposed, remains tended.
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