Course 2007- 2008

Here you can find the programme for this year in Catalan.


You can also have a look at the pictures we took during our trip.

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IRISH FOOD AND DRINK

FOOD and DRINK

We're interested in the food and drink of Irland and we found one page with a lot of recipes very interestings


FOOD:

In this page we can found this contents:

1) Food in early Irland
2) The potato in Irland
3) Food in Irland today
4) Misconceptions
5) References
6) See also
7) External links


RECIPIES:

1) Irish Stew

2) Bangers

3) Colcannon

4) Coddle

5) Irish Potato

6) Soda Bread

7) Irish Coffee

8) Irish Lamb Stew

9) Cheese Pie

10) Irish Scones





DRINK:

1) Murphy's Stout

2) Guinness Stout

3) Beamish Stout

4) Baileys

5) Irish Coffee

6) Paddy Irish Coffee

7) Jameson Whiskey

8) Poteen



RESTAURANTS and PUBS

Irish Culture

Hi all! We're Adria Joel and Eric and we tell to you an irish culture:

Wikipedia tells we about ireland culture, with photos, maps, stadistics:

In this link we can learn about literature, music, art, cinema and others things of Ireland in same link ;)

And for end, we put here a link about all things of ireland, more than second link!

See you and learn it!!

Costa & Joel & Coll

IRISH MUSIC

Hi we're Jonathan Garcia And Joan Xancó.
Here you have some links about the irish music:

The Soldier's song; the Irish anthem:

Irish songs and lyrics:

Information about Irish music:

And here there are some videos:

Sports in Ireland

In Ireland many people partcipate a lot of sports, for example:

Hurling is the great Irish national sport. After ahard day of raiding cattle and sword play back in the Iron Age, the lads relaxed by playing a game. The great national epic, the Táin, celebrates the skill of the ancient heroes of Ulster in battle and hurling.

Gaelic Football is played with almost the same rules, but no stick is used. It is like soccer with limited use of hands allowed.

Soccer is the the other big sport, with its own set of local clubs, amateur players, and volunteer referees. The best Irish players go abroad to make a

living, and England and the continent get the benefit. However, national teams which compete for the World Cup are made of players from dozens of different local and overseas teams who all claim Irish ancestry.

Equestrian activities, particularly show jumping and horse racing, are another key sport. Ireland has the best grass on the planet, and consequently some of the best horse flesh on the globe. Every town has its equestrian centers, and a goodly percentage of farms house a few horses as well as the more mundane cows and sheep. Betting shops, called bookmakers, are all over the place.Traditional fox hunts are still commonplace and in the depths of winter when the major tracks shut down, a circuit of point-to-point races travels from town to town.

Irish horse racing, like British, involves lots of jumps and miles of running.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMD0xq3gh5w

Golf. There are over 300 golf courses scattered everywhere in Ireland.Each attracts a membership of many hundreds, and visitors are usually welcome to playa few rounds during the warmer months. The standard of greens and fairway maintenance is extremely high and most of the courses earn the coveted "Championship" designation.The major Irish tournament on the international circuit is the Murphy's Irish Open, which attracts thousands of enthusiasts to watch thepros do their thing. There are dozens of individual golf courses on line.

Rugby. Ireland enthusiastically supports amateur rugby, and international play with the other great rugby superpowers - notably South Africa and New Zealand - is followed by large numbers of Irish people. There is again a system of amateur clubs, but these are centered on a few counties such as Kerry and Dublin. For the most part, Rugby is a telly sport, but an exciting and bone crunching one.

Motor rally, hillwalking and cycling are the other common sports. Every town in Ireland has local clubs involved in these sports. In early July 1998, the Tour De France, the second largest sporting event in the world after the Olympics, began in Ireland. In three days the bicycle racers covered hundreds of miles and some very scenic routes between Dublin and Cork.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPdCzdlo25Q

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.