Ireland occupies the island Ireland bulk. From the south, the West and the north the country is flowed about by Atlantic ocean, and in the east of it abjoints from the Great Britain Irish sea. In the island northeast there passes overland boundary line between Ireland and Northern Ireland which is a part of the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The square of Ireland - 70,3 thousand sq. km, a population - 3,52 million persons. Capital - the city of Dublin.
Within seven centuries Ireland was under the power of the Great Britain. It has found independence in 1921, and in 1949 the Irish Republic has been intoned.
the Irish amounting overwhelming majority of the population of the country, - offsprings of the Celtic nations. For long centuries of the English colonisation they have almost lost the native language. Though officially in the country - Irish and English - all Irish speak English two state languages. The Irish tongue is used in a life only by some inhabitants of the remote western and southern rural regions. On confession Irish - mainly roman catholics.
More than half of terrain of Ireland it is occupied by the Central lowland with ridges towering over it and rows. The lowland is covered by heath family and torfjanikovymi waste grounds and pratums. In Ireland it is few woods. The highest in Ireland mounts of Kerry (to 1041 ) are had in the country southwest.
The Climate of Ireland the moderate oceanic: unstablis weather with hard rains, fogs, winds predominates. Winter soft (5-8 °C), summer cool (14-16 °C), cloudy.
In Ireland the most ancient monuments of Christian architecture - monasteries V-XII of centuries (in Glendalohe, Kelse), Romanesque churches XI-XII of centuries (in Klonmaknojse, Klonferte), gothic temples XII-XIV of centuries (Sent-Patrik in Dublin) were saved. In XVII-XIX centuries in Dublin palaces and private residences in style of the English classicism were under construction.
To the largest cities of Ireland Dublin, Cork, Limerick refer to. In Ireland there is the major international airport Shennon - the basic transit item on a path from Europe in Northern and Latin America.
