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Republic of Ireland
Official name: Republic of Ireland
The Republic of Ireland is in Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain.
Area (Size): 68,890 square kilometres
You can find a map here
http://www.mysecureform.com/iismaps/smallmap.jpg
and here
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=ireland+map&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image
Population: 4,109,086 as of July 2007
Capital city: Dublin
Official Languages: Irish, or Gaelic, and English
Currency: Euro
Climate: Cool and damp most of the year
Products: Beef, potatoes, turnips, steel, glass and crystal, software, chemicals, clothing, tourism, processing, food products, brewing, textiles, machinery, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, ship construction.
Religion: Most Irish people are Christian. 84% are Catholic.
photo © [2007] Jupiterimages Corporation
Hear the National Anthem here http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8106/Anthems/eire.htm
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Here's a site all about Ireland, written and spoken by Irish kids
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/elibrary/ireland-the-country.html
and another one by kids is here
http://homepage.eircom.net/~whitechurchns/kool_kidz_of_ireland.htm
The shamrock, or three-leafed clover, is the symbol of Ireland
Irish recipes are here
http://www.dltk-kids.com/recipesdb/viewbycourse.asp?cid=42
Things to do http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/ireland/index.htm
If you use any of this information in your own work acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Thomas, R. & Sydenham, S. Ireland [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2008)
updated © [2008] kidcyber