IRELAND – part 1

 WEBQUEST (Recherche sur internet)

1/ What are the colours of the Republic of Ireland flag? What do they represent?

2/ What is the other name of Ireland?

3/ What are the official languages in the Republic of Ireland?

4/ What is the National Day in Ireland?

5/ The island of Ireland is divided into two different states: the Republic of Ireland, which is also called
………………………………………..and Northern Ireland also called……………………………………………

6/ What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

7/ What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

8/ What currency do they use in the Republic of Ireland? Pound or Euro?

9/ What currency do they use in Northern Ireland?

10/ According to the legend, why are there no snakes in Ireland ?

11 / Why is the Shamrock associated with St Patrick and Ireland?

  DESTINATION IRELAND

Mission : Watch the YouTube video and complete the text:

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwdahZwe0M)

Hi, I’m Patty Kim. Ireland: it’s an _________________ mix of the _____________ and the _______________.
Here you’ll find the quiet of the ______________________ and the exuberance of the _____________. But
Ireland is still well stocked with those ______________ _________________ and windswept
_________________. It really is a _________________ of a destination… deserving of its nickname,
_____________________.

Historically, Ireland was ______________________ __________________ the four provinces of

________________, __________________, ________________, and _________________. Today most of Ulster
is now _______________ _________________, part of the ________________ ______________________.
The _________________ ____ ____________________ covers five-sixths of the _____________________. Its
capital is ________________.

In Dublin, start along the ______________ _________________for tours of Dublin’s

________________________. Visit Trinity College and explore Ireland’s _______________ university and its
vast ____________________.

But for a ________________ brush with ____________________, travel to the Boyne Valley in County Meath
and see Newgrange. This massive _______________ is similar in purpose to the Pyramids of Giza, though it was
_______________ over __________ _____________ ___________ _________, before the
____________________ were even a twinkle in a Pharaohs’ eye. Ireland’s Stone Age _______________ built it to
house their honored dead…and _________________ for something more. At sunrise on the winter solstice, the
______________ day of the year, a beam of ________________ enters the central chamber. What significance
this ___________ for the __________________ is a still a matter of debate. Enter the tomb and decide for
_______________. The ____________________ is ___________________________.

Ireland has produced a plethora of _____________, _______________ and _____________. Its monasteries
__________________ important centers of ___________________ during the Dark Ages and its
________________________ were __________________ battlegrounds against the island’s frequent
_______________. The Rock of Cashel, near ________________________, served ___________ a secular and
religious function. According to ______________, this ____________________ of the Munster kings was visited
by St. Patrick _____________ and ______________________ became an important _________________
___________________.

If your tastes cater more toward scenery than ______________________, you’re in luck. Opportunities abound.
Near ____________________, the Cliffs of Moher rise more than ______________________ feet from the sea
providing dramatic views of the ______________________. Also nearby are the surreal
__________________________ of the Burren with its cracked limestone and brooding _____________________.

When it’s _________________ for more leisurely pace…you can ___________________ along the
____________ ____________…_______________ horses in the Connemara…or stroll through quaint
_____________________ and lush ____________________, colored in Ireland’s _______________ shades of
green.