Ireland爱尔兰简介英文版.ppt

A Very brief Introduction to Ireland (Not only Northern Ireland) Spring 2013 Survey of English Speaking Countries Irene Florente What do you know about Ireland? What are some famous cities and places in Ireland? Who are some famous Irish people? What are some important events in Irish history? What is an important Irish holiday? What do Irish people eat? What are some national symbols of Ireland? Céad Mile Fáilte! Welcome to Ireland! Ireland means: Eire – Green Land – land, island Why? Because the island is full of shamrocks and clovers! Some famous Irish People and Musicians Irish Literature There are a lot of famous writers and world literature that come from Ireland! Jonathan Swift – Gulliver’s Travels Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray William Butler Yeats James Joyce Samuel Beckett George Bernard Shaw Important historical events in Ireland 1. Bloody Sunday sometimes called the Bogside Massacre—was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army. The Good Friday Agreement or The Belfast Agreement a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. The Agreement was made up of two inter-related documents, both signed in Belfast on 10 April 1998 (Good Friday): a multi-party agreement by most of Northern Irelands political parties, and an international agreement between the British and Irish governments. Important Historical Events in Ireland The Great Potato Famine In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852. During the famine approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the islands population to fall by between 20% and 25%. The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight.[ Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s, the impact and huma