Ireland

IRELAND

IRELAND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS –NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. DUBLIN IS THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY IS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THERE ARE 40,000 STONE COLUMNS

ST PATRICK LIVED IN IRELAND IN THE 5TH CENTURY. HE’S THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND AND HIS SYMBOL IS THE SHAMROCK. PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE ARE NO SNAKES IN IRELAND BECAUSE OF ST PATRIK! ST PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS ARE ON 17TH MARCH.

THIS IS THE FLAG OF THE REPULBIC OF IRELAND. THE HARP IS A SYMBOL OF THE REPUBLIC. IRELAND IS FAMOUS FOR ITS MUSIC AND DANCING. HERE ARE CHILDREN DOING IRISH DANCING ON ST PATRICK’S DAY.FIDDLES AND HARPS ARE PART OF TRADITIONAL IRISH FOLK MUSIC.

MOLLY MALONE IN DUBLIN’S FAIR CITY,WHERE THE GIRLS ARE SO PRETTY, I FIRST SET MY EYES ON SWETTY MOLLY MALONE , AS SHE WHEELED HER WHEEL-BARROW THROUGH STREETS BROAD AND NARROW, CRYNG “COCKLES AND MUSSELS,ALIVE,ALIVE-O! ALIVE,ALIVEO!ALIVE,ALIVE-O! CRYNG “COCKLES AND MUSSELS, ALIVE, ALIVE-O!