A sight of Ireland

2. INDEX
•INTRODUCTION OF THE
COUNTRY AND OUR
EXPERIENCE
•LANDMARKS OF IRELAND,
FESTIVALS AND THINGS
YOU CAN’T LEAVE
•CULTURE AND CUSTOMS
•TRANSPORTS, ECONOMY,
INDUSTRY AND
GOVERMENT

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE COUNTRY AND
OUR EXPERIENCE
PRESENTED BY FRANCISCO J. NAVARRO

4. INTRODUCTION
• CAPITAL: DUBLIN
• AREA: 70243 SQUARED METTERS
• MAIN LANGUAGES: ENGLISH & IRISH
• 1973: JOINED THE EU
• RELIGION: CHRISTIANISM
• POLITICALLY: PARLAMENTARY REOUBLIC
• CURRENCY: EURO

5. OUR EXPERIENCE
•HOW IRISH PEOPLE WERE;
• PEOPLE FROM IRELAND TRATED US VERY WELL, THEY WERE KIND PEOPLE AND THEY WERE THERE ALWAYS TO HELP,
AND EVEN MORE IF YOU COULDN’T DRINK ANYTHING MORE!
•GREETINGS & GESTURES
• IRISH PEOPLE WERE VERY THANKFUL, IF YOU INVITE THEM TO SOMETHING, THEY’LL SAY THANK YOU SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN
INVITE YOU WHEN THEY CAN… BUT THEY CAN GET OFENDED IF YOU DENY THEIR INVITATION. THE DON’T REALLY LIKE VERY SERIOUS
PEOPLE, THEY LIKE TO DRINK BEER AND TO MAKE FRIENDS AND LAUGH WITH THEM.

6. WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE INVITED
• WHAT TO DO IF AN IRISH PERSON INVITES YOU TO HIS HOUSE
• IF YOU ARE INVITED TO AN IRISH PERSON’S HOUSE, FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM A CARD TO GIVE THEM ADVISE BECAUSE THEY CAN FORGET
THE ARRANGEMENT! YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK THEM FOR THE HOUR.. BUT DON’T GET VERY EARLY THERE, BECAUSE THEY’RE USED TO BE LATE.. IF YOU GO
THERE 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE VISIT, YOU CAN SEE THEM WITHOUT GETTING PREPARED, SO YOU KNOW! DON’T GO EARLY! THEN, IF YOU WANT YOU
CAN BRING THERE SOMETHING TO DRINK OR A PRESENT TO SHOW YOUR MANNERS, AND THAT’LL BE ALL!

7. TYPICAL IRISH FOOD
• IRISH STEW
• BACON CABBAGE
• BOXTY
• CODDLE

8. LANDMARKS OF IRELAND, FESTIVALS
AND THINGS YOU CAN’T LEAVE
PRESENTED BY JAIME ÍÑIGO

9. LANDMARKS
• DUNLIN’S ST. PATRICK’S CATEDRAL
• +300.000 VISITORS A YEAR
• FOUNDED IN 1191
• BLARNEY STONE
• THE STONE WAS SET INTO A TOWER OF THE CASTLE IN
1446
• KISSING THE STONE GIVES THE KISSER THE GIFT OF
GREAT ELOQUENCE

10. LANDMARKS
• THE CLIFFS OF MOHER
• COUNTY CLARE
• MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 214 METRES
• +1.000.000 VISITORS
• THE FOUR COURTS
• THE COURTS THAT GOVERNS IRELAND ARE ALL IN
ONE PLACE

11. LANDMARKS
• OSCAR WILDE STATUE
• MERRION SQUARE (DUBLIN)
• OSCAR WILDE: PLAYWRIGHT AND DRAMATIST
• GRAFTON STREET
• HISTORIC AREA
• FIFTH MOST EXPENSIVE MAIN SHOPPING STREET IN
THE WORLD, AT €5,621/M²/YEAR

12. NATIONAL ANTHEM OF IRELAND

13. FESTIVALS
• ST. PATRICK’S DAY
• CELEBRATED ON 17 MARCH
• CHRISTIAN FEAST DAY
• CELEBRATED IN ARGENTINA, CANADA, GREAT
BRITAIN, JAPAN, UNITED STATES, ETC.
• DUBLIN HORSE SHOW
• COMMEMORATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF BOYNE
• FOUGHT IN 1690 BETWEEN TWO RIVALS OF THE
ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND IRISH THRONES

14. THE HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK

15. THINGS YOU CAN’T LEAVE
• ADAPTOR FOR IRISH SOCKETS
• WATERPROOF CLOTHING
• TRAVEL HEALTH INSURANCE
• POUNDS
• SUNBLOCK AND SUNGLASSES
• COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES

16. CULTURE AND CUSTOMS
PRESENTED BY ÁLVARO CUÉ

17. CULTURE AND CUSTOMS

18. TRANSPORTS, ECONOMY, INDUSTRY
AND GOVERMENT
PRESENTED BY JUAN ESTÉVEZ

19. TRANSPORTS
• THE TWO MAIN AIRPORTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE DUBLIN’S AND
CORK’S. THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE TO TRAVEL TO THE COUNTRY.
DUBLIN AIRPORT HAS CONECTIONS WITH LOTS OF CITIES AROUND
THE WORLD AND CORK’S ONE WITH ALL THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS.
• THERE IS A GREAT LINE OF BUSES, WHICH CAN BE USED TO GO TO ALL
THE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. BUT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE BETWEEN
THE PRINCIPAL CITIES, THERE IS A HIGH VELOCITY TRAIN THAT HAS
STATIONS IN CITIES LIKE: DUBLIN, CORK, TRALEE, LIMERICK,
BELFAST…

20. INDUSTRY
• DUBLIN AND CORK ARE THE PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIAL CITIES. DUBLIN HAS
THE MOST IMPORTANT COMERCIAL PORT , OTHER IMPORTANT PORTS ARE
WATERFORD, LIMERICK…
• IRELAND ENTERED IN THE EU IN 1973.
• THE PRINCIPAL EXPORTATIONS ARE: INFORMATIC AND ELECTRIC
EQUIPMENT (25%), PETROL, STEEL PRODUCTS, CATTLE AND CHEMICAL
PRODUCTS.

21. GOVERNMENT
• IRELAND IS A PARLAMENTARY REPUBLIC
WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS THE STATE BOSS.
THE GOVERNMENT IS SITUATED IN DUBLIN
AND THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT IS MICHAEL
D.HIGGINS.

22. ECONOMY
• IRELAND SUFFERED THE ECONOMY CRISIS, BUT NOW
IT´S ALMOST RECUPERATED BECAUSE OF THE
CAMPAIGNS OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE
UNEMPLOYMENT IS AROUND A 10% OF THE
POPULATION. THE CURRENCY IN IRELAND IS THE EURO

24. MADE BY
•ÁLVARO CUÉ VALDIVIA
•JUAN ESTÉVEZ ESPEJO
•JAIME ÍÑIGO LÓPEZ
•FRANCISCO J. NAVARRO DELGADO