Description of some Irish traditions

1. IRISH
TRADITIONS

2. A SHORT
INTRODUCTION
Ireland, the green island in the west
end of Europe, is one of its beginnings
or ends. Ireland like many countries,
celebrates a couple of festivals and
traditions once a year ,that are
celebrated by all people in the island
and they generate a big number of
visitors.

3. TRADITIONS
Saint Patrick’s Day:
It´s the most important day in
Ireland, all people wear green
clothes and they celebrate a lot
the day of the boss in Ireland.
Thousands of visitors go to the
island to celebrate it with the local
inhabitants, it’s the biggest
national party.

4. MAY’S PARTY
- It’s a popular party, It´s
been celebrated from the
beginning of Christianity to
nowadays. It is celebrated
with dances and recollection
of flowers. The bushes are
decorated with some flowers
and eggs, which are symbols
of life.

5. SAMHAIN
It was the Celts´ New Year.
This festival began when
the Celts in Ireland adored
Samhain the lord of the
dead. Nowadays it’s called
Halloween and it is
celebrated in many
countries.

6. IRISH WEDDING TRADITIONS
A typical Irish traditional wedding is a beatiful ceremony to see or
take part in. From the stunning attire of both the bride and groom,
the latest would be dressed in a kilt made from the tartan of his
clan. The bride would be dressed as it is done today , in a white
dress to symbolize her purity.

7. IRISH DEATH TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS
Although death is a sad occasion, a traditional wake is
seldom solemn. Friends and family like gather and
share memories and funny stories about the deceased.
Food and drink is always present and although the
church tried to ban alcohol from wakes it was
unsuccessful.

8. TRADICIONALS SPORTS IN IRELAND
TRADITIONAL SPORTS IN IRELAND
In Ireland the most popular sport is Rugby, but
they used to play Irish Hurling or Gaelic
Football

9. GAELIC FOOTBALL
It is played between two teams of 15 players on
a
rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the
sport
is to score by kicking or punching the ball into
the
other team's goal (3 points) or between two
upright posts above the goals and over a

10. IRISH HURLING
It´s an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish
origin and it is the fastest field sport in the world. It is
administered by the Gaelic Athletic Asociation (GAA). The
game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for
3,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic Games, it
shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as
the field and goals, the number of players, and much
terminology.

11. Beer in Ireland
Irish beer is ancient.
You can trace it back no fewer than 5,000 years, back into the
earliest days of Irish agriculture, when the magical trilogy of
fertile soil, soft rain and gentle, cool breezes made for a
climate that could produce superb barley.

12. Brewing prospered in theearly decadesof the19th century and by 1814 Ireland wasexporting.Irish
exportsto England accelerated asthecentury progressed and from amodest 11,328 barrelsin 1828,
exported 689,796 barrelsby 1901.

13. TOP 3 BEERS IN IRELAND
1-Galway Bay Buried at Sea
Anyone in need of a comforting beer to cradle should
consider pouring this chocolate milk stout, into their
favourite pint pot and taking long, slow sips.

14. 2-The Write Hag Little Fawn
Named after a mythical Irish creature, the White Hag
brewery has been muscling in on the craft ale scene
with a fine range of flavour-packed beers. Little Fawn
is its session IPA, brewed with clean malts and
American hops to an easy-drinking strength

15. 3-Boundary
Belfast based Boundary Brewing is at the cutting edge
of the current Irish craft beer movement. It has four
core beers in its portfolio which are supplemented by
an ever rotating line-up of experimental specials and
eye-opening collaborations.

16. MADE BY
ALEJANDRO RODRÍGUEZ
JOSÉ ANTONIO RONQUILLO
IVÁN GÓMEZ
JOSÉ MANUEL MERINO
1º BCC