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A fascinating cornucopia of facts about Ireland and the Irish, covering its history, culture, land and people. In this enthralling celebration of the places and people that make the country unique, Richard Killeen takes the reader on a tour of Ireland that reveals its rich and surprising history, including its heroes and villains, legends and folklore. As well as exploring the nation's rich literary and sporting heritage, Ireland: 1, 001 Things You Need to Know also reveals the best of the country for those visiting today, from Dublin pubs to the nation's finest beaches. This captivating miscellany holds a treasure trove of information that tells the story of this alluring and bewitching country anew.
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Topic
GeschichteSubtopic
Irische Geschichte1
LAND, LANDSCAPE AND SOCIETY
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Ireland at a Glance
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Population: The 2016 census in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) recorded 4,747,976 persons in its preliminary results. The best current estimate (2016) for Northern Ireland (NI) is 1,851,600, split 46 per cent Protestant (effectively Unionist, wishing to remain in the UK) to 44 per cent Catholic (Nationalist, wishing – at least rhetorically – to join ROI). For the first time, the percentage of respondents declaring no religious affiliation has crept into double figures, if only just at 10 per cent. This narrowing of the traditional gap between the two religious affiliations is not progressive: while those who declare themselves Protestant are no longer the majority, there is no indication of a Catholic majority in the foreseeable future. There is what appears to be demographic deadlock.
Area: 84,421 sq. km / 32,595 square miles. That’s a little smaller than the state of Maine but a bit bigger than that of West Virginia. Near enough, it’s about the same size as South Carolina. In European terms, that makes the island about the same size as the Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the south-western region of France between Bordeaux and the Spanish border. It’s a bit bigger than Bavaria, about the same size as Austria and about two-thirds the size of England. It’s the third-largest island in Europe after Great Britain and Iceland and well ahead of all the Mediterranean islands.
Highest point: Carrantuohill, in the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks in Co. Kerry, 1,038 metres/3,406 feet. Not exactly Alpine, but try climbing it in Irish weather. Actually, don’t: it’s very dangerous in bad weather.
Lowest point: North Slob, Co. Wexford, a wildfowl reserve that was created in the nineteenth century at the estuary of the River Slaney in the south-east of the island.
Most northerly point: Ballyhillin, Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Most southerly point: Brow Head, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork
Most westerly point: Dunmore Head, Dunquin, Co. Kerry
Most easterly point: Burr Point, Ards Peninsula, Co. Down
Length of coastline: 3,171 km / 1,970 miles
Furthest point from the sea: Close to the village of Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon
Largest lake: Lough Neagh, which borders five of the six counties of Northern Ireland (Co. Fermanagh being the exception), 383 sq. km / 148 sq. miles); the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles
Longest river: the Shannon, 386 km / 240 miles. It rises at Shannon Pot, Co. Cavan and with its tributaries, drains much of the centre of the island as it flows south and then west to enter the Atlantic between Co. Clare and Co. Kerry
Highest and lowest recorded temperatures: 33.3°C at Kilkenny, 26 June 1887; -19.1°C at Markree Castle, Co. Sligo, 16 January 1881
Principal economic activities: agriculture...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Map
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Land, Landscape and Society
- 2. People: From pre-Celts to Polish plumbers
- 3. National Characteristics
- 4. Heroes and Villains
- 5. Nation, State and Parish Pump
- 6. Irish English / English Irish
- 7. One to Ten
- 8. Literature and Language
- 9. Food and Drink
- 10. Places to See and Things to Do
- 11. Not Literature
- 12. Sport
- 13. Institutions of the State(s)
- 14. Religion
- 15. Education
- 16. Army, Navy and Police
- 17. The Public Sphere
- 18. Ten Success Stories
- 19. Whimsy
- Index
- A Note About the Author