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History 1.The Celts It is believed that the Celtic invaders came to the Ireland in the 6th century BC. They were the warrior culture. Their language,Irish,is the first offical language of the Republic of Ireland. North Ireland People and political history -----Anne-L 1.Features 1 A young nation According to the 1996 Census,Ireland is a young country with more than half of the people under the age of 25. 2 Homogeneity The population of the Republic of Ireland is stable and homogeneous,as 93%of the people were born in the Republic,based on the 1996 Census. Two hundred and fifty years ago,Ireland is a highly populated island.as the result of starvation and consequent mass emigration from the mid-1840s onwards,that part of the island that is now the Pepublic of Ireland lost about half of its people. the Great Famine （大饥荒） the Great Famine took place from 1845-1849,when successive potato crops failed and many people of the Ireland starved to death or died of diseases which preyed on malnutrition.Many left the country for the new world. Emigration Before the Great Famine 1.Who-People from the northern part of Ireland who usually had some education and modest amount of money. 2.Why-To better their economic position 3.Destination-The New World which was opening up in Canada and America. Emigration during and after the Great Famine 1.Who-People all over Ireland. 2.Why-As a result of the Great Famine. 3.Destination-The New World 4.Result-The immediate result of the Great Famine was a decimation of the population,with about half of its population lost. The coming of Christianity --Christianity was bought to Ireland by Saint Patrick in the 5th century. Viking Ivasion --From around the 7th to the 12th century,the Vikings invaded Ireland. --The Vikings were great traders and did much to develop commerce in medieval Ireland. --The 11th and the 12th centuries are often regarded as a period of progress of Ireland. English invasion --In 1171,Henry ∥,K