Ireland Research Paper

Ireland is a very interesting country full wonderful people and amazing landscape. There are many interesting facts about Ireland. Irish culture and practices are also very interesting. Although my heritage is Irish my family practices very few things that the Irish people do. Ireland is in Europe neighboring England and Scotland. Ireland is an island off the west edge of Europe, right below Scotland and just to the left of The United Kingdom. Ireland is 27,136 square miles. Compared to Scotland that is pretty big but compared to The United States of America. Ireland is a unitary multiparty republic. Ireland has low laying planes in the east, but mountains to the west. Ireland has lots of castles because how old the country is. Ireland has a mild climate and nice weather. It rains a lot though that is necessary to keep the grass as green as it is. Because the Grass is so nice and there are so many castles and old things to explore, the main industry in Ireland is tourism. The landscape is very beautiful and that makes lots of people from all over the world want to have a chance to see the beautiful landscape for themselves. The capital of Ireland is Dublin. The population of Ireland is about 4.6 million. That is nothing compared to the huge …show more content…
Some Irish traditions are; St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Christmas and many other things that I can’t find on the internet. As you can probably guess by all the holidays, most Irish people are Roman Catholics. Ireland is home to some really good food. Most of the food is stews or meats. Some of the mentioned Irish foods are; soda bread, Irish potato soup, barmbrack, and fish cakes. Most people say Irish people all where kilts and play the bagpipes. Although that is true that is not all the Irish wear they also wear cloths made of cotton or wool. Religion is a big thing in the part of Ireland my family comes from. That is probably why my family is so