IRISH PERSONALITY

Hi friends! We are Mireia and Aida.
We are going to tell you the most important characteristiques of the Irish personality because in Ireland we will live in a house with a family and we think that it's a very interesting matter.

We started looking for information surfing on the net.
First we found the psychic characteristiques. Then, we discovered that they are very nice, kind and polite. Many people know them like "the night latins" because they are welcoming people and they like chatting a lot. The Irish are famous for their hospitality.

Then we found the physical characteristiques. We surprised because we read that many people has freckles on their faces.

IRELAND GEOGRAPHY & MAIN CITIES

IRELAND GEOGRAPHY

Ireland is an island of the Nortwest in Europe in the Atlantic North Ocean.
In this island there is a central plain that it's surrounded by the coastal mountains. The tallest peak is Carrauntuohill (Corrán Tuathail in Irish), of 1.041m. This island is divided between the Ireland Republic and North Ireland. Its surface is 84.116 km2. It's separated from the British island by the Ireland Sea and separated from Europe by the Celt Sea.

The principal mountains are Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Mount Comeragh, Backstair Mountains, Mount Wicklow, mournes, Glens of Antrim, Sperrin Mountains, Bluestack mountains, Mount Derryveah,k Ox Mountains, Mount Nephinbeg and the group of Twelve Bens / Maumturks. There are small mountains like Galtee Mountains, Silvermines and Slieve Bloom too.
These mountains aren't very tall because only three peaks exceed 100m.

The river Sahannon divides the island in two parts and its itinerary has 386m so it's the longest river in the ireland. This river forms three rivers, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. The Lourgh Derg is the longer that Lough Allen and Lough Ree and flows in the Atlantic Ocean next to the Limerrick.
Other rivers are River Liffeyk, Lee, Blackwater, Nore, Suir, Barrow and Boyne.

The biggest lake is Lough Neagh but there are a lot of lakes like Lough Erne and Lough Corrib.

IMPORTANT CITIES

GALWAY
This city is in the Atlantic cost of Ireland. There are 70.000 habitants which 20.000 are university students.
Galway is at 196km in the west of Dublin.
The centre of the city is on the Corrib River.
The people that visit this city think that is the most beautiful city in Ireland.


LIMERICK
This city is the fourth biggest city in Ireland. Limerick has stone doors, Georgian buildings: the King John castle of the s XII; the St. mary's Cathedral and the Bunratty castle, with its famous museum at folklore and its dinners at medieval style.
In Limerick there are 52.000 habitants. It's the agricultural region.
Cashel is one of Limerick area's and it's considered the most important historical place in Ireland.
In Dingle peninsula there are beautiful country sides.
This city is a beautiful region.


BALLYVAUGHAN
Ballyvaughan is a fisherman village in the Clare Country.
This city has got very especial charm.
It offers a fantastic holidays with its pleasant live and its natural charm.


DUBLIN
It's the capital of Ireland. It's a small city with one thousand habitants.
The official con is the Euro.
In this city the people speak Irish and English.
In the south of the city there are the Wicklow Mountains.
Dublin has two canals, the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal.
In this city there are some villages like Dún Laoighaire, Skerries, Swords y Balbriggan.

KILLARNEY
This city is the tourist capital of Ferry and the second destination of Ireland, that the tourists visit a lot.
Killarney is famous for its Nationals parks and its lakes. In this city there are historical castles and monuments like the Monastic runes.

BRAY
This city is situated near the sea and it's 17 km from Dublin.
This city is the oldest city in Ireland.

CORK
It's the so-called the cultural capital in 2005 and it's the second most important city in the country.
It's situated in the Cordk Country that is called the "Rebel country".
The Lee River divides the city in three parts and the central part is the historical centre.
It has a lot of attractions for the tourists and it's a popular destination for the students that want to learn English.

WEXFORD
It has a lot of green and natural scenery.
It's 1800 years old.
It has a fantastic opera festival.
It's rich with historical monuments like churches, towers and museums.

What's our Crèdit about ?

Well, we chose this Crèdit because we thought that it would probably be very interesting and it would also be exciting and useful for us. We took this option because we love English, too. But the most important thing is that we like learning English. However, we have to say that many students have signed in this Crèdit because they know that we are going to Malahide (a little village near Dublin, the capital of Ireland). In this Crèdit variable, whose name is 'English Live', we are doing lots of speakings and listenings because our teacher wants us to improve our English. Sometimes doing speakings and listenings is boring, but it's the best way to learn English. We don't do anything about Grammar or something. Most of the things we have studied are related to real situations such as getting your luggage and checking in at the airport, how to get somewhere or thinks like that. We have also studied how to do a Catalan recipe in English, and now we are learning about the TV programmes or entertainment. We think that this Crèdit is interesting and useful but not only because we go to Malahide but also because English is an important language in the world because there are a lot of speakers in United Kingdom and in the North of the U.S.A. This travel is a little expensive but we think that it's a very good idea to learn English very quickly and because this form of learning English is very important to take a good accent similar to the English people.

And here you have got the webside of our high school. You can surf and search more information about us and our high school.
Enjoy your visit =)

http://iesbosccoma.xtec.net/

Sofia Arregui Gomez
Judit Roura Turet
Anna Font Puigvert

Irish Traditions

Saint Patrick is the patron of Ireland. In Saint Patrick's day Irish people wear green clothes and drink beer. They wear green clothes because these clothes are like the green fields and trees of Ireland. This celebration is on the 17th of March. They celebrate the day that Irish people went to the United States of America. They went to live in cities like Philadelphia, Boston and New York City. People there also celebrate this day.

Saint Brigid (Brid) is the second patron of Ireland. Irish people put Saint Brigid's crosses in their houses to prevent from fire. This celebration is on the 1st of February which is the begining of the spring.

Curiosities

In Ireland is very popular to drink tea in the afternoon.
They usually eat cooked dishes for breakfast and at lunchtime they usually eat a packet-lunch (sandwich, a piece of fruit and a fizzy drink). They have dinner very early.
They are quite religious.

http://www.yourirish.com/culture.htm


By: Arantxa Garralda and Judit Coll

FASHION IN IRELAND

Fashion in Ireland can be of very types of things. The most famous things in this country are pottery, clothes and the other things necessary to cook in the kitchen or to decorate te house.

Now, we are going to explain you all the different designers you can find in Ireland. The majority of these designers make clothes, but there are also other kind of designers.

Well, the first designer is:

Carraig Donn is an Irish designer, who loves the most exclusive clothes and accessories. His team and he have got twenty shops around Ireland.
These are his typical designs:













Informal clothes (woman)



White and black dress



White dress (woman)













Informal clothes (man)



The Cat & the moon is a shop whose objective is to make plenty of different jewellery.
This shop was founded in 1989 and his designer is Martina Gillan. All the jewells which are sold in this shop are handmade.
On the other hand they have got shops in different countries, for example Canada, United Kingdom, EUA and Ireland. When there is a marriage or christening they also make special jewells for the occasion.
These are their typical designs:




A gold ring



Original ring

A silver earring















Necklace with a heart

Bebhinn Marten is a designer who started in this world because he loves the fashion clothes and these things. He and his team work in this field since 1976. Nowadays, this shop is also in different countries, but Ireland is the place where this brand was born.
These are their typical designs:


Black and grey jacket


Red jacket and shirt

Louis Mulcahy Pottery is an important designer of many things. For example when he was young and he married with his wife, they liked a lot make pottery and they started to work in a factory, but when they have money they decided that they wanted go out this city (Dublin) and they go to a little town (Dingle). In this place they put their own factory where they make their own designs.
These are their most famous designs:











Lamps











Black and brown vases


While Stephen Pearce is a good designesr whorse his job consists of making pottery. Well, all of these objects have maked with naturals and ecological materials.
Before he started to run his own business, he studied a lot in a different countries and cities or all the world, for example Japan.
These are his typical objects:




Different dishes






These designers are the most famous in Ireland, and all of this have born in this country.


By: Ester Pijuan, Carla Domènech, Judith Marguí and Anna Prat.

A presentation of our HOMETOWN

Our students were also asked to prepare a presentation about their hometown. Here you can have some different examples.

A class activity

Among the different activities our students are doing in this CV, we decided to record their plannings for a different weekend in Ireland. Here you've got an example of Jonathan and Joan Xanco