1 00:00:00,940 --> 00:00:06,980 Hello! This is my project of Unit 5, and it's called A Trip to Ireland. 2 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:15,599 In this project, I'm going to show you interesting things about Ireland, and which is my favourite country. 3 00:00:16,859 --> 00:00:18,399 Are you ready? Let's go! 4 00:00:20,859 --> 00:00:25,219 What's Ireland? Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. 5 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,899 An island is a piece of land surrounded by water. 6 00:00:28,899 --> 00:00:34,619 politically Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern 7 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:40,740 Ireland which is a different country it belongs to the United Kingdom Ireland is 8 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:47,219 divided into 32 counties for example County Dublin County Wicklow County 9 00:00:47,219 --> 00:00:55,259 Galway okay 26 of these counties belong to the Republic of Ireland here in green 10 00:00:55,259 --> 00:01:02,259 The rest belong to the United Kingdom, to Northern Ireland. Here they are in grey. 11 00:01:02,259 --> 00:01:15,959 Ireland is considered as the Emerald Isle due to its green countryside. The whole country is green. 12 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:22,959 And it's considered the Emerald Island because of this beautiful stone, the Emerald. 13 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:33,090 Now let's focus on the Republic of Ireland. Remember that it's my favourite country. 14 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:42,090 The capital city of the Republic of Ireland is Dublin, and Dublin is the most populated city in Ireland. 15 00:01:42,090 --> 00:01:52,090 The whole country, in the whole country there are 4773 millions of people, approximately. 16 00:01:52,090 --> 00:01:58,090 Ireland has got two official languages, English and Irish. 17 00:01:58,090 --> 00:02:05,090 However, not all people in Ireland can speak Irish because it's very difficult, it's a very difficult language. 18 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:08,090 For example, here we have the numbers in Irish. 19 00:02:08,090 --> 00:02:12,090 A hain, a doi, a tree, a caher. 20 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:20,090 Here we have how to say exit in Irish and here caution in Irish. 21 00:02:20,090 --> 00:02:24,090 As you can see, it's very difficult and very weird. 22 00:02:24,090 --> 00:02:33,860 and here we have the Irish flag it's green white and orange now I'm going to 23 00:02:33,860 --> 00:02:39,259 talk about the mountains Ireland is mostly flat but there are some mountain 24 00:02:39,259 --> 00:02:45,099 ranges one of these mountain ranges are the Wicklow mountains these are the 25 00:02:45,099 --> 00:02:50,680 Wicklow mountains this is the Great Sugarloaf a mountain in East County 26 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:57,120 Wicklow and this is a picture of me at the top of the Great Sugarloaf in Wicklow 27 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:12,560 this is the highest mountain of the island of Ireland it is 1038 meters high 28 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:27,389 it is the highest Ireland has got lots of huge and high cliffs these are the 29 00:03:27,389 --> 00:03:33,270 cliffs for example these are the cliffs of Moher they are the most famous cliffs 30 00:03:33,270 --> 00:03:42,629 in Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometers and they reach their maximum 31 00:03:42,629 --> 00:03:50,069 height of 214 meters, 214 meters and these are two pictures of me 32 00:03:50,069 --> 00:03:56,969 visiting the cliffs of Moher. But the highest cliffs in Ireland are the 33 00:03:56,969 --> 00:04:03,729 leaf league cliffs and they are in Donegal these are the highest cliffs in 34 00:04:03,729 --> 00:04:14,349 Ireland now I'm going to talk about the rivers the longest river in Ireland is 35 00:04:14,349 --> 00:04:21,589 called the river Shannon and it's 360 kilometers long this is the river Shannon 36 00:04:21,589 --> 00:04:32,000 and the most famous river is river leafy because it this river flows through the 37 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,899 center of Dublin. This is Dublin and it flows through the center of the city and 38 00:04:37,899 --> 00:04:46,360 remember that Dublin is the capital of Ireland. It's 125 kilometers long. 39 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:57,629 National parks. I'm going to talk about six of the most famous national parks in 40 00:04:57,629 --> 00:05:01,889 Ireland. The first one is Wicklow Mountain National Park. Remember that I 41 00:05:01,889 --> 00:05:09,889 I show you a picture, a few slides before. This is the Borren National Park, Killarney 42 00:05:09,889 --> 00:05:17,370 National Park, Glenvere, sorry for the pronunciation but I don't speak Irish, I can't. National 43 00:05:17,370 --> 00:05:25,980 Park, Connemara National Park and Ballycroy National Park. Now I'm going to talk about 44 00:05:25,980 --> 00:05:34,680 the fauna, the wildlife in Ireland. You can feed deer in Ireland, they are very friendly 45 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:55,139 And this is the viviparous lizard. It's the only land reptile native to Ireland. It's the only one that is native to Ireland. This is the Atlantic puffin. It is a migratory bird to Ireland. And it's very common at the coastal areas. The areas that are in the coast. 46 00:05:55,139 --> 00:06:03,139 This is the barking shark and it's often seen at the west coast of Ireland. 47 00:06:03,139 --> 00:06:13,649 This is the calopteryx virigo and this is a huge jellyfish that I found at the beach. 48 00:06:13,649 --> 00:06:21,649 This is my foot, I promise, and this is a huge jellyfish that I saw. They are very scary. 49 00:06:21,649 --> 00:06:37,480 Okay, here we have some Irish cities and towns. The most famous are Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Drogheda and Kilkenny. 50 00:06:38,819 --> 00:06:47,540 But, what important city is missing? What do you think, guys? What's the city that you miss? 51 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:56,730 of course Dublin the capital let's see things about Dublin Dublin is the 52 00:06:56,730 --> 00:07:02,670 capital city of Ireland the Greater Dublin area has a population of one 53 00:07:02,670 --> 00:07:08,970 million two hundred and nineteen thousand people approximately Dublin is 54 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:17,110 also the biggest city in Ireland it is located in the east coast of the island 55 00:07:17,110 --> 00:07:26,310 here. Here we have Dublin. Dublin was built by the Vikings, and it's built upon the River Liffey. 56 00:07:26,490 --> 00:07:35,000 Remember that we saw this river? It's called River Liffey. Here you have some important attractions 57 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,779 that you can see in Dublin, or things that you can do. For example, you can visit Malahide Castle, 58 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:49,079 you can visit Phoenix Park, which is the biggest park in Europe. It has got plenty of beautiful 59 00:07:49,079 --> 00:07:56,759 cycle paths. You can also see the Spire in the city center. You can visit a jail 60 00:07:56,759 --> 00:08:02,939 which is called Kilmanham Gaol. You can see its beautiful streets and you can 61 00:08:02,939 --> 00:08:14,259 visit the Molly Malone statue which is very famous in Dublin. Now I'm going to 62 00:08:14,259 --> 00:08:19,300 talk about the bridges that you can see in Dublin. This is the Heypenny's Bridge 63 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:25,540 and it is officially the Lethe Bridge. It is a pedestrian bridge built in the 19th 64 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:31,819 century over River Liffey. Can you imagine the reason why this bridge has 65 00:08:31,819 --> 00:08:39,159 got this name? In the past if you wanted to cross the bridge you had to pay a 66 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:45,700 half penny toll for 100 years. This is why this bridge has got this curious 67 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:56,539 name because if you wanted to cross it you had to pay. Now this is the James 68 00:08:56,539 --> 00:09:03,259 Joyce Bridge and this is the Samuel Beckett Bridge. Both of them are designed by the 69 00:09:03,259 --> 00:09:09,259 Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. This one over here, the Samuel Beckett Bridge, 70 00:09:09,259 --> 00:09:15,320 has got the shape of an harp. A harp is the musical instrument, this musical 71 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:21,559 instrument, okay? And it is the national symbol for Ireland. You can see the harp 72 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:28,620 in the Guinness brand for beers, here you have the harp, and in this airline 73 00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:37,649 Renner, here you have the harp. It is the national symbol for Ireland. Another 74 00:09:37,649 --> 00:09:42,750 thing that you can do in Dublin is visiting Trinity College. Trinity College 75 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:49,509 is a university in Dublin and inside the university you can visit the library, 76 00:09:49,509 --> 00:09:55,009 Trinity College Library. It's very beautiful and you can see the Brian 77 00:09:55,009 --> 00:10:03,690 Boru's harp. It is dated to the 14th or 15th century and it is one of the oldest 78 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:12,789 surviving harps in the world. This one over here. And this is the end of 79 00:10:12,789 --> 00:10:17,889 my presentation. Thank you very much for watching. I hope that you liked it. 80 00:10:17,889 --> 00:10:19,889 Bye! Thank you!