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, Ir e la n d a r e p u b licThe name of the country

In the constitution of 1937 the official name is « Eire » in Irish or « Ireland » in English.

Since the laws of the republic of the 18th of april, 1949, the country is given « republic of Ireland » as a second name but it is not constitutionally recognized.

For example the president is the president of Ireland and not the president of the republic of ireland. French-speaking sources indicate that the official name of the country is « Irlande » in French; therefore it's « Ireland » in English.

Ireland and Northern Ireland

This country is divided into two parts: Ireland, or « Eire », and Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom

Ireland is an independent state composed of 26 counties; its capital city is Dublin.

Northern Ireland is part of the United kingdom, it is composed of 6 counties and its capital city is Belfast

H is t o r yThe first inhabitants of Ireland

The first inhabitants of Ireland lived there in the 9th millennium -B.C.

Later other people went to this country and developped agriculture, breeding and used polished stone tools

In the 20th and 17th century B.C. New people arrived. It was the Bronze age. People exploited copper mines in the region of Cork and Kerry, and gold mines in the region of Wicklow

In the 6th century B.C. The Celts imposed their civilization, organized in groups and spoke Gaelic. It was the first language with which the first poets composed songs and legends which constitued the indigenous inheritance.

The Celts created dolmens ( a very big rock on top of two other ones). The dolmens had funerary vocation.

The beginning of the invasion

Then the vikings invaded Ireland. The toponymy (=name of the cities) comes from the Vikings (ex: Wexford or Wicklow) and they founded Dublin in 988

After the Vikings, the Anglo-Normand directed by Henri VIII of England invaded Ireland. The Irish Fought them and there were many revolutions.

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