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The Republic of Ireland Name Ireland, éire What does it refer to? (P82,2) The island of Ireland The Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland The Republic of Ireland Where is it? (P82,1) at the western edge of Europe Geography Low central plains surrounded by a ring of coastal mountains(P82,4) The longest river: Shannon The largest lough (lake): Corrib The highest peak: Carrantuohill Major cities(P84) Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford The Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921 26 counties in the south gained independence as Irish Free State 6 counties in the north remained as part of the United Kingdom Ireland has two separate jurisdictions. Republic of Ireland Capital: Dublin Population: 4.3million Currency: Euro Northern Ireland Capital: Belfast Population: 1.7million Currency: Pound English and Irish is spoken in both ROI and NI. Flag tricolour of green, white and orange green for Roman Catholics orange for Protestants white for the desired peace between them Irish music and dance The Irish pipe 爱尔兰风笛: quieter and more musical than those of the Scots Riverdance“河之舞” a very popular form of dancing based on Irelands intricate folk dances Most of the action is from the waist down, with the arms held rigidly at the sides 4 Nobel Prize winners for Literature poets W.B. Yeats (1865-1929) Seamus Heaney (1939-) Playwrights George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Bernard Shaw’s famous play Pygmalion卖花女has been adapted into a film My Fair Lady窈窕淑女. Samuel Beckett(1906-1989) Beckett’s famous for his great absurdist play Waiting for Godot 荒诞派戏剧《等待戈多》. Other Irish writers Jonathan Swift(1667-1745) Gulliver’s Travels《格列佛游记》 Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) Tristram Shandy 《项狄传》 Richard Sheridan(1751-1816) The School for Scandal《丑闻学校》 Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) The Picture of Dorian Gray《道林·格雷的画像》 James Joyce(1882-1941) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 《一个年轻艺术家的画像》 The Irish diaspora (爱尔兰裔)