chapter one
island story
there are many different islands
one island is a country with beautiful
high mountains
big empty beaches long deep rivers
people go there to fish and swim and
walk
they love ireland because it is so quiet
and because the irish people are so nice
and friendly
another island is a country of stories
and music
most irish people can sing
and many famous musicians are irish
a lot of the most famous writers in the
english language are irish too
but some people in ireland speak only or
mostly irish
now look again at ireland
it is not only a quiet beautiful
friendly place
it is also a country of blood
bombs and death
between 1968
and 1998
thousands of people in northern ireland
died
but most irish people are not interested
in bombs and guns
what is ireland really like
what can you see there
and what happened hundreds of years ago
in irish history
turn the page to begin reading ireland's
story
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chapter 2 around the island
island is an island like a plate
it is higher on the outside than in the
center
because of this the center of ireland is
full of beautiful lakes and rivers
and many people go there to fish
and sail
ireland's largest lake is lochnay
its longest river the shannon is
260 kilometers long
it goes through many small lakes and two
large ones
loch ree
and loch derg
most of ireland's mountains are near the
outside of the plate near the sea
they are not very high
the highest is karen tool
1040 meters
in the southwest
but they are beautiful
and good places for walks
at the cliffs of moher in the west you
can look two hundred meters straight
down into the sea
the giant's causeway in the north is
made of strange rocks two meters tall
with six sides
there are hundreds of small islands in
the sea around the island
on the aran islands in the west
most people speak irish not english
life has changed very little here in a
hundred years
much of the north and west of ireland is
very beautiful
there are hundreds of flowers in the
green fields
and there are wonderful beaches and
lakes called lochs in ireland
the weather is warm and wet
with rain and sun
nearly every day
but it is hard to farm here because of
the rocks and mountains
the center
and east of ireland are very different
the land is good here
and irish milk and meat are some of the
best in the world
farming is one of the most important
jobs in ireland
thousands of horses live here too
some of the best horses in the world
come from ireland
and irish people sell horses to britain
america
australia and japan
people go to watch horse races in many
irish towns and in laytown north of
dublin
there are horse races along the beach
every september
all ireland's important cities
dublin
belfast derry
galway limerick cork and waterford are
near the sea
if we look at ireland's history
we will see why
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chapter 3
celtic island
the irish are a celtic people
thousands of years ago
the celts came to ireland from western
france and northern spain
they loved singing
and horses and stories
and they made beautiful gold and silver
jewelry
many men wore gold rings around their
necks and arms
a greek writer
diadora's sycalis wrote this about the
celts
the celts are
tall and strong
they wear colorful shirts and trousers
before they fight they hit their long
swords on their shields
and shout with loud voices
they are very good fighters
when a celt kills a man
he cuts off his head
and puts it above the door of his house
finn mccool was a famous celtic fighter
there are many stories about finn and
his men
the fianna
when he was a boy he cooked a fish on a
fire
this fish knew everything about the
world
finn touched the hot fish with his
finger
and put his finger in his mouth
then he knew everything about the world
too
i know what is going to happen tomorrow
he said
another famous celt was kuhulun
kuhulin's father had a brother called
connor
who was king of ulster
in the north of ireland
connor had a big dangerous dog which
killed many men
kuhlin liked to play a celtic game
called hurling
in hurling the players can carry a small
hard ball in their hands and also hit it
with a stick
one day
when kuhlin was a boy
connor called everyone into his house to
eat
but ku holin and his friends wanted to
finish their game of hurling
so they stayed outside
connor's dog
came out of the house
attacked the young boys and tried to
kill them
but ku houlin hit the hurling ball into
the dog's mouth
and then killed it with his stick
a big fighting dog is called a hound
and so after this kuhlin was called the
hound of ulster
celtic games like hurling are very
popular in ireland today
irish people play the celtic game called
gaelic football
in gaelic football the players can use
their feet and hands
celtic stories and music are popular too
there are many celtic rock bands
one of them is called finn mccool
and some people in ireland speak the
celtic language called
irish
irish is very different from english
for example
the irish for tree is crown
and the word for woman is ban
but celtic people in wales scotland
western france and northern spain
have languages
very like irish
a hundred years ago
irish was nearly a dead language
most irish people spoke english
and only the poor people in the west of
ireland spoke irish
no one taught irish in schools
most irish people speak english today
too
but many children learn irish at school
and many older people in dublin and
belfast learn it too
they can listen to the irish language
radio station
radio now
and watch irish language television on
tg4
the irish language is popular again
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chapter 4
st patrick the church and the vikings
in 401
some irishmen came to britain
they took many people back to ireland
and sold them
one of these people was patrick
who was only sixteen
for six years young patrick worked with
sheep on a farm
then when he was 22
he ran away to france
he learned about god from monks at a
school in a french monastery
in 432
he went back to ireland to teach the
irish about god
the irish kings listened to him
and he built an important church in
armagh
a hundred years later
ireland was one of the most important
christian countries in europe
with beautiful churches and monasteries
everywhere
irish writers wrote famous important
books like the book of kells which you
can see in dublin today
and there are pictures of saint patrick
in many irish churches
another irish churchman called brendan
sailed to scotland iceland greenland and
america
in a small leather boat
some people said that this was not
possible
but in 1976 an englishman
tim severin built a leather boat called
brendan and sailed it from ireland to
iceland
and america
you can see the brendan at kragen owen
in county clare in the west of ireland
there were many beautiful expensive
things in the irish churches and
monasteries
and norwegian vikings came to ireland to
steal them
and kill the monks
because of this
the monks built tall round towers beside
their monasteries
when the vikings came
the monks ran into the towers to hide
you can see these towers in irish
villages today
one of the most interesting irish
monasteries is on skellig michael
it is an island in the atlantic 16
kilometers southwest of ireland
it is a beautiful windy place
the island is 240 meters high
and in bad weather
no boats can get there
there is no danger here
the irish monks thought
but they were wrong
in 824
vikings came in their longships to
attack skellig michael too
but some vikings came to ireland to stay
they built towns by the sea
dublin
cork
waterford and limerick
the celts like to live in the country
but the vikings lived in towns
some of the vikings married celts and
learned the celtic language
the vikings came to the north of ireland
too
one day
two different viking ships came to a
beautiful place in ulster
both groups of vikings wanted to stay
there
and build a town
but there were too many of them the two
groups of vikings
looked at each other angrily
we must fight
said a viking from the first ship
the winners will live and keep the land
and the losers will die
no
said a man from the second ship
i have a better idea
let's race to the beach in our ships
the first man who holds the land in his
hand
can keep it
his people can stay
and the others must leave
so the two ships raced towards the beach
one man stood at the front of each ship
ready to jump down to the beach
then
one ship went in front of the other
the man in the first ship
looked back at the second ship and
laughed
we're going to win he said this land
will belong to us
no it won't said the man in the second
ship angrily
you will never win
never
suddenly he took out his sword and cut
off his hand with it
then he threw the hand over the heads of
the men in the first ship
the hand fell on the beach and its
bloody fingers closed on the land
this is our land
said the man with one hand
it will never belong to you
never
never
never
that is the story of the red hand of
ulster
you can see the red hand on the flags of
northern ireland
to learn why it is so important
we need to learn a little more about
irish history
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chapter five
the english come to ireland
a thousand years ago
ireland had many kings
and they often fought each other
in 1152
one irish king dermot mcmah
attacked another irish king
tiernan o'rourke
and took his wife
tiernan o'rourke was the friend of a
third king
rory o'connor
in 1166
rory o'connor was made king of all
ireland
at this time tiernan and rory attacked
dermot mcmurra
but dermot escaped to england
dermot then asked the king of england
henry ii
to help him to fight rory and tiernan
so in 1169
henry's men came to ireland and fought
rory and tiernon
but they did not go home again
they took more and more of the land for
themselves
they built cities by the sea and big
castles
henry called himself king of england and
ireland
but not all the irish were happy about
this
for the next 400 years
english kings tried to rule ireland from
dublin
but it was very difficult
the irish did not listen to the king of
england
he was too far away
in 1536
the english church changed from catholic
to protestant
so england was a protestant country
but ireland was still catholic
for the protestant english
their king was the most important man in
the church
but for the catholic irish the most
important man was the pope
the leader of the catholic church
in rome
there was a lot of fighting in ireland
about this
and usually the english one
the kings of england took more land from
the catholic irish and gave it to
protestant englishmen and scotsmen
this plan was called the plantation of
ulster
because much of the land was in ulster
in the north of ireland
englishman from london built a new town
in a place called derry and called it
londonderry
the catholic irish were angry about this
and wanted their land back
in 1641
the catholics attacked the protestants
in ulster
they took their houses and clothes and
killed thousands of people
eight years later in 1649
oliver cromwell took an english army to
ireland
cromwell was the leader of the english
after the death of king charles the
first
the english soldiers killed thousands of
catholics in a town called drogheda
in 1685 the people of england and
scotland got a new king
james ii
he was a catholic
and he was not very popular
many people wanted a different king
and in 1688
william of orange a dutch protestant
came to england
he was married to james's daughter mary
and he wanted to be king of england
scotland and ireland
in those three countries
people who wanted james to be king
fought against people who wanted william
to be king
most of james's friends were catholics
in ireland
with his help they tried to get their
land back again
they got most of it
but they could not get londonderry
when they attacked it
the protestants ran inside the city
walls and closed the gates
for a hundred and five days the catholic
soldiers tried to get inside and kill
them
the protestants were cold and afraid and
hungry
they ate cats and dogs and horses
but they did not open the gates
fifteen thousand people died during this
time
which was called the siege of derry
at last three protestant ships came to
londonderry with food and soldiers
and the siege was over
after that the new protestant english
king
william of orange
won two very important battles against
the catholics
the battle of the boyne in 1690
and the battle of akrim in 1691.
the catholic irish didn't fight a big
battle again for a hundred years
so for the next hundred years life was
very difficult for the catholic irish
keeping their land
or going to catholic schools
or catholic churches
was very difficult
and they could not speak or vote in
parliament all the important people in
ireland were protestants
and all the big
beautiful houses and the best farms
belonged to protestants
in most countries people read about
history in books
in ireland
history is alive today
every year
protestants in londonderry
march to remember 1688.
in belfast on the 12th of july
protestant orangemen march with music
and songs about king william of orange
often called king billy
and the battle of de boin
every year
catholics are angry about these marches
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chapter 6
the great hunger
in
1795 and 1798
the irish
with the help of french ships and
soldiers
fought the british
but the british won
and many irishmen
mostly catholics were killed
three years later in 1801
the act of union made ireland and
britain one country with one parliament
in london
for a hundred years after this
catholic irishmen
called nationalists
wanted to change the act of union and
protestants called unionists
wanted to keep it
at this time in the west of ireland many
poor catholics lived on very small farms
they had very little money
and often
they had only potatoes to eat
the poor
stony land
was not good for many things but it was
good for potatoes
but in the 1840s
something killed the potatoes
one day they were fine
and then suddenly they were black and
dead
the poor irish farmers and their
families had nothing to eat
thousands of them died
and many more went on ships to america
to find a new
and better life
some rich protestants were happy when
the poor farmers started to leave
they wanted to keep cows on their land
so they asked the ships to take the poor
people away from ireland to america
but hundreds of people died on the ships
too
when the irish people came to america
they lived in big cities
like new york
every year on st patrick's day
thousands of americans march through new
york
and remember how irish people died
because there was no food
it is the biggest saint patrick's day
parade in the world
because so many irish people live in
america
when these poor irish people died
the irish language nearly died with them
catholic churchmen spoke english
and the government told irish teachers
to use english in school
only poor people spoke irish
irish is not important
the teachers and churchmen said
they thought that speaking english
was more modern
but some people thought that this was
wrong
in
1893
a group of irish writers tried to help
the irish language
irish is the language of the irish
people they said
many countries have a language
games
music
and stories that belong to them
we must have those things too
a lot of people agreed with them
these people called themselves sinn fein
which is irish for
we ourselves
at first
the people in shin fein were only
interested in irish language music and
games
but later
they began to think about other things
too
we don't want to belong to britain
they said
we want ireland to be a free country
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chapter 7
fighting to be free
by 1900
life was a little better for catholics
in
ireland they could have land
they could vote and speak in parliament
they had catholic schools and churches
but most catholics were very poor
and every year thousands of them went to
america or britain to look for work
catholic irish nationalists wanted to
end the act of union
they wanted an irish parliament to
decide about things in ireland
but the protestants did not want to give
it to them
and not for the first time
they were ready to fight for the things
that they wanted
in 1914
the british government decided to give
ireland an irish parliament
ireland will still belong to britain
they said
but the irish parliament will decide on
irish things
like irish schools
roads
and police
most irish nationalists were happy about
this
but the protestant unionists were angry
most protestants lived in northern
ireland near belfast
this part of ireland is called ulster
soon the protestant unionist army began
marching through the streets of belfast
with their leader
sir edward carson
they wanted to keep the act of union
ulster will fight
they said
and ulster
will be right
the british government did not know what
to do
they wanted to give ireland a parliament
but they did not want to fight the
unionists
but then
in 1914
the first world war
started
most of the protestant unionists and
many thousands of irish catholics went
with the british army to fight against
germany
but many irish nationalists stayed in
ireland
we don't want to fight the germans they
said
we want the british to leave ireland
perhaps the germans can help us
in
1916
a group of irish nationalists mostly
catholics
decided to fight for a free island
they were interested in irish music
irish history
the irish language and irish games
but now they bought guns in germany and
tried to bring them to ireland in a
german ship
their leader
patrick pierce wanted much more than an
irish parliament
he wanted ireland
to be free from britain
on easter monday 1916
pierce and his men
went into the post office in the middle
of dublin
pierce walked to the door
irishmen and irish women he said
ireland belongs to the irish people
today
ireland is a free country
but the british
did not agree
for six long days there was a battle in
dublin
and many men died
after the battle the government said
that pierce and 14 other important men
had to die
and they died in prison
nearly 2 000 other shin fein men went to
prison
easter monday
1916
was a very important day in irish
history
after that day
everything was different
in his poem easter 1916
the irish writer william butler-yates
wrote
all changed changed utterly
a terrible beauty is born
in 1919
sinn fein started to fight the british
again
the shin fein army was called the irish
republican army
or i r a
from 1919
to 1921
the ira killed hundreds of policemen and
soldiers
and the police and soldiers killed
hundreds of ira men too
in dublin there were ira men and women
everywhere
but it was very hard for the british
soldiers to find them
the ira leader was michael collins
but the british government
didn't even have a photo of him
in 1921
the british government decided to talk
to sinn fein and the ira
and in that year for the first time in
history
most of ireland had an irish government
with an irish president in dublin
but the irish republic is only three
quarters of ireland
one quarter in northern ireland stayed
british
and here
50 years later
the trouble between protestants and
catholics
started again
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chapter 8
northern ireland
in 1921
about 60 percent of the people of
northern ireland were protestant
and about 40 percent
were catholic
today the numbers are about 53
and 40 percent
most of the protestants want to be
british
and most of the catholics
want to be irish
hundreds of people have died
because of this
from 1921 to 1971
northern ireland had a parliament at
stormont
there were always more protestants than
catholics
so the protestants could do what they
wanted
protestants had most of the best jobs
and the best houses
most of the police were protestant too
and they were afraid of the ira
at the same time
many catholics were afraid of the police
sometimes the ira tried to kill the
police
and the police hit back at the catholics
it was a circle without an end
in 1968
catholics started to ask for a better
life
they marched through the streets of
belfast and derry
asking for better jobs and houses
but the protestant police and orange men
attacked the catholic marchers
many marchers were badly hurt
and all of them were angry and afraid
in
1969
british soldiers came to northern
ireland to try to stop the fighting
and at first
many catholics were happy to see them
but then the ira started to kill
soldiers and policemen and so the
british soldiers and police
tried to find the ira
and put them in prison
sometimes they put the wrong people in
prison and so the catholics didn't like
the british soldiers
over the next 30 years
many terrible things happened
on bloody sunday
the 13th of january 1972
british soldiers killed 14 catholic
marchers in derry
the marchers had guns the soldiers said
but nobody found any guns
on bloody friday
the 21st of july 1972
the ira put 22 bombs in belfast
all at the same time
nine people died
and 130 people were hurt
protestant and catholic
british and irish
some of them
lost arms and legs
the ira put bombs in pubs and streets
and shops
they killed soldiers and policemen
but they also killed thousands of
ordinary people
protestants in the ulster defense
association
the uda
killed thousands of ordinary catholics
too
these protestant fighters are called
loyalists
by 1979
there were hundreds of ira
and uda men in prison
at first they were political prisoners
like soldiers in prison
during a war
they could wear ordinary clothes
and they did not do prison work
then margaret thatcher
the british prime minister
decided that this must stop
these men are criminals she said
so they must be the same as other
prisoners
because of this some prisoners decided
in 1980
to stop eating
they drank water
but they did not eat
day after day
they got thinner and thinner
after 66 days
the first man bobby sands
died
then another man died
and another
ten men died in prison
because they wanted to be political
prisoners
most british people thought mrs thatcher
was right
but a lot of irish catholics didn't
agree
more and more of them started to vote
for sinn fein
in many parts of northern ireland there
are
or loyalist paintings on the walls of
houses
the loyalists usually show the red hand
of ulster
or king william of orange and the battle
of the boyne
the nationalists show celtic pictures
and pictures of bobby sands
both of them often show men with guns
in 1998
the british and irish governments met
with sinn fein and the ulster unionists
they wanted to end the fighting in
northern ireland
together they made the good friday
agreement
this agreement said that catholics and
protestants must work together
in the government of northern ireland
today
catholics and protestants still do not
agree about many things in northern
ireland
but
after 30 years of fighting
people are starting to talk to each
other
and most people
are happy about that
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chapter nine
dublin and belfast
dublin
dublin is the most important city in the
republic of ireland
its population
the number of people who live there
is 496
thousand
the river liffey goes through the center
of dublin
some people say that ireland's famous
black bear guinness
is water from the river liffey
but it is not true
but you can walk beside the river
and drink guinness in a pub when you are
thirsty
one of the most beautiful buildings
beside the river is the custom house
there is a nice walk along the river
from the custom house to the o'connell
bridge
north of the bridge is o'connell street
here you can see the post office
famous for easter monday 1916.
not far from here isn't mary's
dublin's biggest catholic church
south of o'connell bridge is trinity
college
ireland's oldest
and most famous university
in here
you can see ireland's oldest books
like the book of kells
which is a thousand years old
the beautiful bank of ireland is
opposite trinity college
ireland's first parliament was in this
building
near trinity college you can see the
famous statue of molly malone
people say that she was a poor but
beautiful girl
who sold fish called cockles and mussels
on the streets to make money
but sadly she died when she was still
young
there is a famous irish song about molly
in dublin's fair city
where the girls are so pretty
i first set my eyes on sweet molly
malone
as she wheeled her wheelbarrow
down streets broad and narrow
singing cockles and mussels
alive alive oh
some of ireland's best town houses are
in marion square
many of ireland's most famous writers
soldiers and leaders lived here
they walked and talked in the small park
in the square
or in since stephen's green
not far away
between marion square and since
stephen's green is leinster house
the home of ireland's parliament today
dublin also has phoenix park
one of the largest parks in europe
ireland's president lives here
in a house called in irish
aurus on
not far away from the phoenix park is
the old kilmainham prison
here visitors can see how some of
ireland's most famous men and women
lived in prison
dublin is a city of theaters
music
and fine shops too
and there are dozens of pubs
big and small
many people like to go to the pub to
drink beer
talk
and tell stories
for example
there is a story about a visitor and an
irish farmer in the country
excuse me
can you tell me the way to dublin please
the visitor asks
the farmer thinks for a long time
then he says
no
i'm sorry
if you want to go to dublin this is the
wrong place to start
belfast
belfast
a population 276
000
is the biggest city in northern ireland
famous for the ships aeroplanes and
clothes that were made here
the titanic was built here in the
harland and wolf
shipyard in 1912
the titanic was the biggest
fastest most expensive ship in the world
this ship can never sink
people said
but when the titanic went to sea for the
first time
it sank
and about one thousand five hundred
people died
many of them were poor irish people who
wanted to start a new life in america
now this part of the city is called the
titanic quarter
and it has new shops offices bars cafes
and hotels
but you can still see the big harland
and wolf cranes called samson and
goliath from all over belfast
at victoria square
in the center of belfast
there are new shops restaurants and
cinemas
and there are fine old buildings to see
city hall
the custom house with its wonderful
statues
the ulster bank
and mccues bar
the oldest building in belfast
once it was a house by the belfast river
and today
it is a modern bar
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chapter 10
four irish cities
cork cork is the second largest city in
the republic of ireland
in 820
the vikings attacked a christian
monastery here
and then stayed to build a town by the
river lee
cork is in the south west of ireland
and it has a wonderful harbour for ships
many poor irish people sailed from cork
to america
at the time of the great hunger
and today
ships and planes go from cork
all over the world
123 000 people live here today
and the city of cork is famous for music
dancing
theater and film
many visitors come here too on their way
to the beautiful south west of ireland
in
2005 cork was the european capital of
culture
londonderry
or derry
derry
with a population of 105 000 is the
second city of northern ireland
protestants call it londonderry because
in 1600
english protestants from london built a
city here
but catholics call the city derry
there was a small monastery here beside
the river foil in the time of the
vikings
but the great walls of londonderry were
built in the sixteen hundreds
you can walk around these walls today
they are one and a half kilometers long
and nearly six meters wide
the old guns from the siege of derry are
still there on the walls
but many people want to forget the
battles of the past
in the last week of october
thousands of people come to derry for
the halloween festival
there is music
theater and a big parade in the biggest
street party in ireland
galway galway
population 65
800
is in the west of ireland
at the mouth of the river korib
in this part of the country the irish
language is very strong
and you will see it and hear it
everywhere
it is a center for irish music
singing and dance
and there is an irish language theater
in galway too
from galway you can visit connemara with
its beautiful wild lakes and mountains
the aran islands are close by too
people speak irish here
and many visitors like to come to these
wild lonely islands to hear irish music
in the pubs and see the difficult life
of the islanders
waterford
waterford population 45 000
is in the south east of ireland
it was ireland's first city
the vikings came here in the 850s
and they came back in 914
to make the city
it is famous for its glass
people have made glass here since 1783
and for the ships that were built here
three rivers meet the sea at waterford
the rivers barrow
gnaw and shear
and there are fine mountains and beaches
to visit in this part of ireland
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chapter 11
stories music and dancing
irish people love stories and many great
writers were born in ireland
jonathan swift
1667
to 1745 was a churchman in dublin
in his book
gulliver's travels
a man called gulliver visits many
strange countries
in lilliput
all the people are about 10 centimeters
high
and in the country of the whoms horses
are cleverer than people
but when gulliver comes home
nobody believes his stories
james joyce
1882 to 1941
wrote all his stories about dublin
his most famous book ulysses is 700
pages long
it is the story of everything that one
man
leopold bloom does in dublin in one day
the 16th of june 1904
and every year on the 16th of june
bloom's day
people visit dublin to talk about
ulysses and to visit the places in the
story
joyce's friend samuel beckett
1906 to 89
won the nobel prize for his work in the
theater
his most famous work
waiting for godot
is about two poor irishmen who are
waiting for a man called godo
perhaps godo is a man
perhaps he is god
they don't know
but he never comes
joyce and beckett were born in ireland
but they went to work and live in france
they had new and exciting ideas
and some people in ireland did not like
them to the irish government and the
catholic church
books like ulysses were wrong
and after 1929
irish people could not buy books like
these in the shops
life was difficult in other ways too
many people had large families and
little money
ireland was a poor country and it was
difficult to find work
every year
many young people left ireland to look
for work in other countries
because of these things some singers too
were very angry about life in ireland
bob geldof was born in ireland in 1951
his mother died when he was seven
and his father was often away from home
so young bob was often alone
he saw many poor people in dublin
and his band the boom town rats
sang loud angry songs
in their song banana republic
they said ireland was a poor country
with a bad government
and too many police and churchmen
everywhere i go now
and everywhere i see
the black and blue uniforms police and
priests
bob geldarth wanted to change the world
and in 1985 he planned some concerts
called band-aid and live aid
he used the money from the concerts to
help hungry people in africa
in
2005 he did this again
with a concert called live eight
with another irish musician called bono
bob geldof asked the presidents of many
countries to give help to africa
bono is from an irish group called u2
some people say that you two are the
biggest rock band in the world
like bob geldof
the band do a lot of work to help the
poor people of the world
two other famous irish pop groups are
the boy bands
boyzone and westlife
there are famous women singers too
like sinead o'connor enya
and ifa niari
there are many famous singers and
writers from northern ireland too
seamus heaney was born in 1939
on a farm near derry
in 1995
he won the nobel prize for his poems
and people read them all over the world
the famous singer van morrison
grew up in belfast in the 1950s
most people in ireland love music
people sing in pubs in every irish town
and irish songs are very popular on
television in other countries
ireland has won the eurovision song
contest for the best pop song in europe
seven times
this is more than any other country
the irish word for party is kali
a time for people to play music
tell stories and
dance for hundreds of years the irish
people have loved dancing at cayley's
in the 1700s
dancing teachers went from town to town
people lived in small houses
so they often danced on the country
roads
they wore their best clothes to dance
and played music all day and all night
in many irish dances the dancers keep
their hands still by their sides and
move their feet and legs very quickly
today
thousands of irish children learn irish
dancing
and the best dancers from all over the
world come to dance in ireland too
the irish dancers michael flatley and
jean butler are famous in many countries
thousands of people have seen them in
river dance and lord of the dance
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chapter 12
a country for young people
today
many things are changing in ireland
it is a country of young people
nearly 50 percent of its people are
under 25.
50 years ago the catholic church was
full of old men
and they decided what people could do
life was difficult for women and young
people
today the church is important
but the ideas of women and young people
are important too
two of ireland's presidents were women
mary robinson and mary
for ireland's young people the future is
about pop music and computers
as well as farming and horses
ireland is a part of the european union
and most irish people are very happy
about this
ireland is not a poor country anymore
a lot of business people come to ireland
and build factories
now perhaps 10 percent of ireland's
population are people who have come from
other countries to find work there
many come from poland and other
countries in eastern europe
and others come from china and countries
in africa
today
young irish people do not have to leave
their country to find work
they can find work at home
ireland is an interesting exciting place
for young people
but of course
there are always problems
there is more crime in ireland than
before
and in northern ireland the problems are
not over
every year the protestant unionists
march through the streets with their
music
we will always be british they say
and they sing about william of orange
the british must leave ireland
say the catholic nationalists in sinn
fein
the unionists and the nationalists
cannot both have what they want
here
history helps no one
but most irish people
in the north and south of ireland
do not want bombs guns and fighting
they want to enjoy life
they want people to visit their island
to walk in their beautiful mountains
fish in their quiet rivers
drink and sing and laugh in their pubs
dance at their kaylie's
and most important of all
to talk
most of the time
the irish are the friendliest people in
europe
and the three most important words in
the irish language are
cared milifulcher
a hundred thousand welcomes
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第一章
岛屿故事
有许多不同的岛屿
一个岛屿是一个拥有美丽高山的国家
空旷的海滩 长长的深河
人们去那里钓鱼、游泳和
散步
他们喜欢爱尔兰，因为它很安静
，因为爱尔兰人
很好 友好
另一个岛屿是一个充满故事和音乐的国家
大多数爱尔兰人都会唱歌
，许多著名的音乐家都是爱尔兰人
许多最着名的
英语作家也是爱尔兰
人，但爱尔兰的一些人只会说
爱尔兰语，或者说大部分是爱尔兰语
现在再看看爱尔兰
它不仅是一个安静、美丽、
友好的地方
，也是一个充满血腥
炸弹和死亡
的国家 1968
年至 1998 年间，
北爱尔兰成千上万的人
死亡，
但大多数爱尔兰人
对炸弹和枪支不感兴趣
什么是爱尔兰真正的样子
你能看到什么 那里
以及数百年前爱尔兰历史上发生的事情
翻页开始阅读爱尔兰的
故事
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第 2 章环岛
isla nd 是一个像盘子一样的岛屿
它的外部比
中心高 正
因为如此 爱尔兰的中心
充满了美丽的湖泊和河流
，许多人去那里钓鱼
和航行
爱尔兰最大的湖是
洛赫奈 最长的河流香农
长 260 公里
它穿过许多小湖和两个大湖 里湖
和德格湖
爱尔兰的大部分山脉都靠近
板块外靠近大海
它们不是
很高 最高的是西南
1040 米
的凯伦工具，
但它们 西边的莫赫悬崖是美丽
的散步好去处
你
可以直视两百米
的大海
北边的巨人堤是
由两米高六边形的奇石构成 内
有数百个小岛
环岛海域 在西部的阿兰群岛上，
大多数人说爱尔兰语而不是英语
一
百年来
，爱尔兰北部和西部大部分地区的生活几乎没有改变
非常美丽
，
绿色的田野
里有数百种鲜花，爱尔兰有美丽的海滩和
湖泊，被称为湖
天气温暖潮湿
，几乎每天都有雨和阳光，
但
由于岩石和
山脉，这里很难耕种
爱尔兰中部和东部非常不同
这里的土地很好
，爱尔兰的牛奶和肉类是
世界上最好的
之一 农业是爱尔兰最重要的
工作之一
成千上万的马也住在这里
一些世界上最好的马
来自爱尔兰
和爱尔兰人向英国出售马匹
澳大利亚和日本
人们去许多
爱尔兰城镇和都柏林北部的莱顿观看
赛马 每年九月都有沿着海滩举行的赛马
爱尔兰所有重要城市
都柏林
贝尔法斯特 德里
戈尔韦 利默里克 科克和 沃特福德
靠近大海，
如果我们看看爱尔兰的历史，
我们就会明白为什么
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第 3 章
凯尔特岛爱尔兰人是凯尔特人
成千上万 几年
前，凯尔特人从法国西部和西班牙北部来到爱尔兰，
他们喜欢唱歌
、骑马和讲故事
，他们制作精美的金银
首饰，
许多男人的
脖子和手臂上都
戴着金戒指 希腊作家
diadora 的 sycalis 写了这篇关于
凯尔特人
的文章 凯尔特人又
高又壮
他们在战斗前穿着五颜六色的衬衫和裤子
他们用
长剑击打盾牌
并大声喊叫
他们是非常优秀的战士
当凯尔特人杀死一个人
时，他会砍下他的头
并将其放在门上 他的房子
finn mccool 是著名的凯尔特战士
有很多关于 finn 和
他的手下
的故事 fianna
小时候 他在火上煮了一条鱼
这条鱼知道
世界的一切
手指放在嘴里，
然后他也知道世界的一切
我知道明天会发生什么
他说
另一个著名的凯尔特人是 kuhulun
kuhulin 的父亲有肉汤 呃叫
康纳
，他是
爱尔兰北部的阿尔斯特国王
康纳有一条危险的大狗，
杀死了很多人
库林喜欢玩一种
叫做投掷
的凯尔特人游戏，投掷的球员可以拿着一个小的
硬球，也可以
用 有
一天
，库林还是个男孩的时候，一根棍子康纳
叫所有人到他家
吃饭，
但库霍林和他的朋友们想
完成他们的投掷游戏，
所以他们呆在外面，
康纳的狗
从屋子里出来
袭击了这些小男孩并试图
杀死他们
但是 ku houlin 将投掷的球
打进狗的嘴里
，然后用棍子杀死了它
一只大斗狗被称为猎犬
，所以在这个 kuhlin 被称为 ulster celtic 的
猎犬之后，
像投掷这样的游戏
在爱尔兰很流行今天
爱尔兰人玩 凯尔特人的比赛叫做
盖尔足球
在盖尔足球中，球员可以
用脚和手
凯尔特人的故事和音乐也很受欢迎
有很多凯尔特摇滚乐队，
其中之一是 calle d finn mccool
和爱尔兰的一些人说
凯尔特语，称为
irish 爱尔兰语与英语非常不同
，
例如树的爱尔兰语是皇冠
，女人的词是禁令，
但威尔士、苏格兰、
法国西部和西班牙北部的凯尔特人
的语言
非常相似
一百年前的
爱尔兰语几乎是一种死语言
大多数爱尔兰人说英语
，只有爱尔兰西部的穷人
说爱尔兰语
没有人在学校教爱尔兰语
今天大多数爱尔兰人也说英语，
但许多孩子在学校学习爱尔兰语
都柏林和
贝尔法斯特的老年人也学习了
他们现在可以收听爱尔兰语
广播电台的
广播
并在 tg4 上观看爱尔兰语电视
爱尔兰语再次流行
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第 4 章
st patrick 教堂和 401 的维京人
一些爱尔兰人来了 到英国
他们把很多人带回
爱尔兰卖给他们
其中一个人是帕特里克
，他只有
六岁才十六岁 帕特里克
在农场养羊，
然后他 22
岁时逃到法国，
他在 432 年从法国修道院的一所学校的僧侣那里学到了上帝，
他回到爱尔兰向爱尔兰人传授
上帝
的知识，爱尔兰国王听了他的话
， 一百年后，他在阿马建造了一座重要的教堂
爱尔兰是欧洲最重要的
基督教国家
之一，到处都是美丽的教堂和修道院
爱尔兰作家写了著名的重要
书籍，例如
今天在都柏林可以看到的凯尔斯书
，还有图片 圣帕特里克
在许多爱尔兰教堂中的圣帕特里克
另一位名叫布伦丹的爱尔兰牧师
乘坐一艘小皮船航行到苏格兰冰岛格陵兰和
美国
有人说这是
不可能的，
但在 1976 年，一位英国人
蒂姆塞弗林建造了一艘名为布伦丹的皮船
并从爱尔兰航行 到
冰岛
和美国，
你可以
在爱尔兰西部克莱尔郡的克拉根欧文看到布兰登，
那里有很多美女 l
爱尔兰教堂和修道院里的贵重物品
，挪威维京人来爱尔兰
偷东西
并杀死僧侣
，
因此僧侣们在他们的修道院旁边建造了高大的圆塔，
当维京人来的时候
，僧侣们跑进塔里躲起来
你可以看到这些
今天爱尔兰村庄的塔楼
最有趣的爱尔兰
修道院之一位于 skellig michael
它是大西洋中的一个岛屿，
位于爱尔兰西南 16 公里处
它是一个美丽多风的
地方 岛屿高 240 米
，在恶劣天气下
没有船可以到达
那里 爱尔兰僧侣认为这里没有危险，
但他们错
了 824
维京人也乘坐他们的长
船来攻击 skellig michael
但一些维京人来到爱尔兰留下来
他们在海边建造城镇都
柏林科克沃特福德和
利默里克凯尔特人喜欢住在 乡村，
但维京人住在城镇中，
一些维京人与凯尔特人结婚并
学习了凯尔特语
维京人来到爱尔兰北部 d
也
有一天，
两艘不同的维京船来到
了 ulster 的一个美丽的地方
从第一艘船开始
，胜利者将活着并保留土地
，而失败者将死去，
不
说第二艘船上的人
我有一个更好的主意，
让我们乘坐我们的船只向海滩奔跑
，第一个掌握土地的人
可以保留
他的人可以留下
，其他人必须离开，
所以两艘船
向海滩冲去
回到第二艘船
笑着说
我们会赢 他说这片土地
将属于我们
不 它不会生气地说第二艘船上的人
你永远不会赢
永远不会
突然拔出剑
砍掉他的手 有了它
然后他三 w 手
放在第一艘船上的人头上
手落在海滩上，
血淋淋的手指紧扣在土地上
这是我们的土地
说单手的人
它永远不会属于你
永远
永远
不会
这就是故事 阿尔斯特的红手
你可以看到北爱尔兰国旗上的红手
了解为什么它如此重要
我们需要更多地了解
爱尔兰历史
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第五
章 英国人
在一千年前来到爱尔兰
爱尔兰 有许多国王
，他们经常互相争斗
1152 年，
一位爱尔兰国王德莫特·麦克马
袭击了另一位爱尔兰国王
蒂尔南·奥罗克
并带走了他的妻子
蒂尔南·奥罗克是第三位国王罗里·奥康纳的朋友
1166 年
罗里·奥康纳是
此时蒂尔南和罗里成为了全爱尔兰的国王，蒂尔南和罗里袭击了
德莫特麦克穆拉，
但德莫特逃到了英
格兰德莫特然后请求英国国王
亨利二世帮助他与罗里和蒂尔南作战，
所以在 1169 年，
亨利的人来到爱尔兰并与
罗伊作战 ry 和 tiernon
但他们没有再回家
他们为自己占领了越来越多的土地
他们在海边建造了城市和大
城堡
henry 自称是英格兰和爱尔兰的国王，
但在接下来的 400 年里，并不是所有的爱尔兰人都对此感到高兴
多年来，
英国国王试图从都柏林统治爱尔兰，
但
爱尔兰人很难不听英国国王的话，
他在 1536 年离他太远了
，
英国教堂从天主教
改为新教，
所以英国是一个新教国家，
但爱尔兰仍然是天主教
对于新教英国人来说，
他们的国王是教堂里最重要的人，
但对于天主教爱尔兰人来说，最
重要的人是教皇
，罗马天主教会的领袖，
爱尔兰为此发生了很多争吵
，通常是
英国人 英格兰国王从天主教爱尔兰人手中夺取了更多土地
，并将其分给了
新教的英国人和苏格兰人，
这个计划被称为阿尔斯特种植园，
因为 土地在
爱尔兰北部的
阿尔斯特 来自伦敦的英国人在一个叫德里的地方建造了一个新城镇
，并称之为
伦敦德里 天主教爱尔兰人对此感到愤怒，
并希望在 1641 年收回他们的土地
天主教徒袭击了阿尔斯特的
新教徒，
他们夺走了他们的土地 房屋和衣服，并
在
八年后的 1649 年
杀死了数千人
英格兰和
苏格兰人民有了一位新国王
詹姆斯二世，
他是天主教徒
，他不是很受欢迎，
很多人想要一个不同的国王
，1688 年
，奥兰治的威廉王子
来到英国，
他娶了詹姆斯的女儿玛丽
，他想要 在这三个国家成为英格兰
苏格兰和爱尔兰的
国王 想要詹姆斯成为国王的人与想要成为国王的人
进行斗争 威廉
将成为国王
詹姆斯的大多数朋友都是
爱尔兰的天主教徒 在
他的帮助下，他们试图重新夺回他们的
土地，
他们得到了大部分土地，但是
当他们攻击它时，他们无法到达伦敦德里
，新教徒跑进
城墙并关闭了
城门 一百零五天 天主教
士兵试图进入并杀死
他们 新教徒又冷又害怕
又饿
他们吃了猫狗马
但他们没有打开大门
在这段时间里有一万五千人死亡，
这被称为围攻
德里终于有三艘新教船只
带着食物和士兵来到伦敦德里
，围攻结束
之后，新教英国
国王
奥兰治的威廉
赢得了与天主教徒的两场非常重要
的战斗，即 1690 年的博
因战役和 1691 年的阿克林战役
. 天主教爱尔兰人
一百年来没有再打过一场大战，
所以在接下来的一百年里
，天主教爱尔兰人的生活非常艰难
保住自己的土地
或上天主教学校
或
天主教堂非常困难
，他们无法在议会发言或投票
爱尔兰的所有重要人物都是新教徒
，在人们读到的大多数国家，所有漂亮的大
房子和最好的农场都
属于新教徒
爱尔兰书中的历史
历史在今天依然鲜活
每年
伦敦德里的新教徒
游行以纪念 1688
年。 7 月 12 日在贝尔法斯特，
新教徒橘子人游行伴随着音乐
和歌曲，讲述了奥兰治国王威廉
通常被称为比利国王
和德邦战役的音乐和歌曲
天主教徒对这些游行感到愤怒
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第 6 章
1795 年和 1798 年
的大饥荒 爱尔兰人
在法国船只和士兵的帮助下
与英国人作战，
但英国人获胜
，许多爱尔兰人
大多是天主教徒在
三年后于 1801
年被杀 联盟使爱尔兰和
英国成为一个国家，
在伦敦
举行一个议会一百年
被称为民族主义者的爱尔兰人
想要改变工会的行为，而
被称为工会主义者的新教徒
希望
在这个时候保留它 在爱尔兰西部，许多
贫穷的天主教徒生活在非常小的农场里，
他们的钱很少，
而且
他们通常只有土豆
来吃穷人
多石的
土地不适合很多东西，但
它对土豆有好处，
但是在 1840 年代，有
什么东西杀死了土豆，
有一天它们很好
，然后突然它们变黑了，
死
了，可怜的爱尔兰农民和他们的
家人没有东西可吃，
成千上万的人死了
还有更多人乘船去
美国寻找新
的更好的生活
当贫穷的农民开始离开时，一些富有的新教徒很
高兴他们想在自己的土地上养牛，
所以他们要求船只将
穷人从爱尔兰带到美国
但是
当爱尔兰人来到美国时，也有数百人死在船上，
他们住在
像纽约这样的大城市，
每年的圣帕特里克节
f 美国人在纽约游行，
并记住爱尔兰人
是如何因为没有食物而死的
这是世界上最大的圣帕特里克节
游行，
因为有这么多爱尔兰人生活在
美国，
当这些可怜的爱尔兰人死去时
，爱尔兰语几乎与他们一起死去
天主教徒 教会人员说英语
，政府告诉爱尔兰教师
在学校只使用英语，
只有穷人说爱尔兰语
爱尔兰语并不
重要 教师和教会人员说
他们认为说
英语更现代，
但有些人认为这是
错误
的
1893 年
一群爱尔兰人 作家试图
帮助爱尔兰语
爱尔兰语是爱尔兰人的语言
他们说
许多国家都有属于他们的语言
游戏
音乐
和故事
我们必须拥有这些东西
很多人都同意他们
这些人称自己为 sinn
fein 起初对
我们自己来说是爱尔兰
人，新芬的人只
对爱尔兰语音乐和
g 感兴趣 艾姆斯，
但后来
他们也开始考虑其他事情
我们不想属于英国
他们说
我们希望爱尔兰成为一个自由的国家
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第 7 章
争取到 1900 年获得自由
爱尔兰的天主教徒生活要好一些 他们可以拥有
可以在议会投票和发言的土地
他们有天主教学校和教堂，
但大多数天主教徒非常贫穷
，每年都有成千上万的人去
美国或英国寻找工作
爱尔兰天主教徒想要
结束他们想要的联合行动
一个爱尔兰议会来
决定爱尔兰的事情，
但新教徒不想把
它交给他们
，这不是他们第一次
准备为他们想要的东西而战
1914
年英国政府决定给
爱尔兰一个爱尔兰议会
爱尔兰 他们说仍然属于英国
，
但爱尔兰议会将决定
爱尔兰的事情，
例如爱尔兰学校的
道路
和警察
大多数爱尔兰民族主义者对此感到
高兴 他的
但新教工会主义者很生气
大多数新教徒住在
贝尔法斯特附近的北爱尔兰 爱尔兰的
这一部分被称为阿尔斯特
很快新教工会军队开始
与他们的领袖
爱德华·卡森爵士一起在贝尔法斯特的街道上游行
他们想要保持工会的行为
阿尔斯特将
他们说打架
，
阿尔斯特是对
的英国政府不知道该
怎么做
他们想给爱尔兰一个议会，
但他们不想与
工会主义者作战，
但随后
在 1914
年第一次世界大战爆发
了
大多数新教工会主义者和
成千上万 爱尔兰天主教徒
与英国军队一起对抗
德国，
但许多爱尔兰民族主义者留在
爱尔兰
大多数
天主教徒
决定为自由岛而战
他们对爱尔兰音乐感兴趣
爱尔兰历史 爱尔兰语 年龄和爱尔兰游戏，
但现在他们在德国购买枪支并
试图用一艘德国船将它们带到爱尔兰
他们的领导人
帕特里克皮尔斯想要的不仅仅是一个
爱尔兰议会，
他希望爱尔兰
在 1916 年复活节星期一从英国
手中解放出来，皮尔斯和他的手
下去了 进入都柏林市中心的邮局
皮尔斯走到门口
爱尔兰人和爱尔兰妇女 他说
爱尔兰今天属于爱尔兰人民
爱尔兰是一个自由的国家
但英国人
不同意
长达六天的时间 都柏林发生了一场战斗
，许多人
战争结束后，男人们死去 政府说
，皮尔斯和其他 14 名重要人物
必须死去
，他们死在监狱里
近 2 000 名其他新芬人
入狱
1916
年复活节星期一是爱尔兰历史上非常重要的一天，
在那之后
一切都不同了
爱尔兰作家威廉·巴特勒-耶茨在他的诗《1916 年复活节》中
写道，
一切都变了，彻底地改变
了，1919 年诞生了一个可怕的美女
，新芬开始与英国人抗争
再次嘘，新芬军
从 1919 年
到 1921 年被称为爱尔兰
共和军或
ira 英国
士兵很难找到他们
爱尔兰共和军领导人是迈克尔·柯林斯，
但英国政府
甚至没有他的照片
1921 年
，英国政府决定
与新芬党和爱尔兰共和军进行对话
，那年在
历史
爱尔兰大部分地区都有一个爱尔兰政府
，爱尔兰总统在都柏林，
但爱尔兰共和国只有爱尔兰的
四分之三，北爱尔兰的
四分之一留在
英国
，
50年后
，新教徒和天主教徒之间的麻烦
再次开始
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第 8 章
北部
爱尔兰 1921 年，北爱尔兰
约 60% 的
人信奉新教
，今天约 40%
信奉天主教
，这个数字约为 53
% 和 40% 的
大多数新教徒想要成为
英国人，
而大多数天主教徒
想要成为爱尔兰
人
，因此
从 1921 年到 1971 年
，北爱尔兰
有数百人因此而死亡
可以
为所欲为 警察回击天主教徒，
这是一个没有尽头的循环
1968 年，
天主教徒开始寻求更好的
生活，
他们在
贝尔法斯特和德里的街道上游行，
要求更好的工作和住房，
但新教警察和橙色男子
袭击了天主教游行者
1969年，许多游行者受了重伤，所有人都感到愤怒和害怕，
英国士兵来到
北爱尔兰试图制止战斗 ting
和起初
许多天主教徒很高兴见到他们，
但后来爱尔兰共和军开始杀害
士兵和警察，所以
英国士兵和警察
试图找到爱尔兰共和军
并将他们关进监狱，
有时他们把错误的人
关进监狱，所以天主教徒 在接下来的 30 年里不
喜欢英国士兵
许多可怕的事情发生
在血腥
的 1972 年 1 月 13 日的星期天
英国士兵在德里杀死了 14 名天主教
游行者
游行者有枪 士兵们说，
但没有人
在血腥
的 21 日星期五发现任何枪 1972 年 7 月
爱尔兰共和军在贝尔法斯特同时投放了 22 枚炸弹
9 人死亡
，130 人受伤
新教徒和天主教徒
英国人和爱尔兰人
其中一些人
失去了胳膊和腿
爱尔兰共和军在酒吧、街道和商店投放炸弹
他们杀死了士兵和警察
但他们也杀死了阿尔斯特防卫协会的数千名
普通民众
新教徒 Uda
也杀死了数千名普通天主教徒
这些抗议者 tant 战士被称为
忠诚
者 到 1979 年
有数百名 ira
和 uda 人在监狱
里 起初他们是政治犯，
就像战争期间的监狱士兵一样，
他们可以穿普通的衣服
，他们不做监狱工作，
然后英国首相玛格丽特·撒切尔
决定 这必须阻止
这些人是罪犯，她说，
所以他们必须和其他囚犯一样
，因此一些囚犯
在 1980 年
决定停止进食，
他们喝了水，
但他们没有一
天天吃饭，
他们
在 66
天后变得越来越瘦 第一个男人鲍比桑兹
死了，
然后另一个男人死了
，另外
十个男人死在监狱里，
因为他们想成为政治犯
大多数英国人认为撒切尔夫人
是对的，
但很多爱尔兰天主教徒不
同意
，他们中越来越多的人开始投票
在北爱尔兰的许多地方，新芬
党的房屋墙壁上都有或忠诚的画作，
忠诚的人通常表现出 ul 的红手
奥兰治的斯特或威廉国王和
博因之战
民族主义者展示凯尔特人的照片和博比桑兹的照片
他们俩都经常展示持枪男子
1998
年英国和爱尔兰政府
会见了新芬党和
他们想要结束的阿尔斯特工会会员 在
北爱尔兰
共同战斗 他们达成了耶稣受难日
协议
该协议规定天主教徒和
新教徒必须
在北爱尔兰政府中共同努力
今天
天主教徒和新教徒
在北爱尔兰的许多事情上仍然存在
分歧，
但
经过 30 年的战斗，
人们开始
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第九章
都柏林和贝尔法斯特
都柏林
都柏林是爱尔兰共和国最重要的城市
它
的人口居住在那里的人数
是
49.6 万 利菲河穿过
都柏林市中心
有人说爱尔兰著名的
黑熊吉尼斯
是河水 liffey，
但这不是真的，
但是当您口渴时，您可以在河边散步
并在酒吧里喝吉尼斯啤酒 河边
最美丽的建筑之一
是海关 从海关到海关
沿着河散步很不错
奥康奈尔
桥
桥以北是奥康奈尔街，
在这里你可以看到以
1916 年复活节星期一而闻名的邮局。
离这里不远的是玛丽的
都柏林最大的天主教堂
奥康奈尔桥以南是爱尔兰三一
学院
最古老和最古老的教堂
最有名的大学
在这里
你可以看到爱尔兰最古老的书籍，
比如一千年前的凯尔斯书
美丽的爱尔兰银行就
在三一学院对面
爱尔兰的第一个议会就在
三一学院附近的这座建筑里你可以看到
著名的莫莉马龙雕像
人家说她是个穷
美人
，上街卖蛤蜊蚌鱼赚钱
，可惜年纪轻轻就死了。
一首著名的爱尔兰歌曲，关于都柏林
美丽城市中的莫莉，那里的女孩们非常漂亮，
当她推着独轮车
在街道上宽阔而狭窄的
歌唱鸟蛤和贻贝
活着时，我首先将目光投向了甜美的莫莉·马龙
马里恩广场
许多爱尔兰最著名的作家
士兵和领导人都住在这里，
他们在广场上的小公园里散步和交谈，
或者在马里恩广场之间
不远处
的史蒂芬绿地和史蒂芬绿地之间的伦斯特宫
，今天爱尔兰议会的所在地
都柏林也 有凤凰
公园 欧洲最大的公园之一
爱尔兰总统住在这里
的一所叫做
爱尔兰奥鲁斯的房子里 离凤凰公园不远是古老的基尔梅纳姆监狱
游客可以在这里看到一些
爱尔兰最著名的男人和女人是如何
在监狱里生活的
都柏林是一个音乐剧院
和精品商店的城市
，有许多大大小小的酒吧
，
很多人都喜欢去 酒吧
喝啤酒
谈话
和讲故事
例如
有一个关于该国游客和
爱尔兰农民的故事
请问
你能告诉我去都柏林的路
吗游客
问农民想了很长时间
然后他说不
我 对不起，
如果你想去都柏林，这是一个
错误的起点
贝尔法斯特 贝尔
法斯特人口 276
000
是北爱尔兰最大的城市
，以在这里制造的船舶飞机和衣服而闻名
泰坦尼克号是在哈兰这里建造
的 沃尔夫
造船厂 1912
年泰坦尼克号是世界上最大
最快最昂贵的
船这艘船永远不会沉没
人们说
但当泰坦尼克号
第一次出海时
它沉没了
大约一千五百
人死亡
其中许多人是可怜的爱尔兰人
想在美国开始新生活的人们
现在这个城市的一部分被称为
泰坦尼克区
，它有新的商店、办公室、酒吧、咖啡馆
和酒店，
但你仍然可以看到大哈兰
和
来自贝尔法斯特各地的狼鹤叫参孙和歌利亚 在贝尔法斯特市中心
的维多利亚广场
有新的商店 餐厅和
电影院 有精美的老建筑 可以看到
市政厅 海关大楼及其精美的
雕像
阿尔斯特银行和 mccues 酒吧
最古老的 在贝尔法斯特建造
曾经是贝尔法斯特河边的房子
，今天
它是现代酒吧
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第 10 章
四个爱尔兰
城市科克科克是爱尔兰共和国
的第二大城市 820 年
维京人袭击了一座基督教
修道院
，然后 留下来在河边建一个小镇
lee
cork 位于爱尔兰的西南部
，它有一个美妙的港口，
许多爱尔兰穷人在极度饥饿的时候从科克航行
到美国
，今天的
船只和飞机都从科克出发
今天，全世界有
123 000 人居住在这里
，科克市以音乐舞蹈剧院和电影而闻名，
许多游客在
前往美丽的南方的途中也来到这里
2005 年爱尔兰西部科克是欧洲
文化之都
伦敦德里
或德里德里
，人口 105 000
是北爱尔兰的第二大城市
新教徒称其为伦敦德里，
因为 1600 年
来自伦敦的英国新教徒在这里建造了一座
城市，
但天主教徒称这座城市为德里
在维京人时代，河箔旁边有一座小修道院，
但伦敦德里的长城
建于 1600 多座，
今天你可以在这些城墙周围走动，
它们长一公里半，
宽近六米。
围困德里的枪
仍然在墙上，
但许多人想忘记
过去的战斗
在十月的最后一周
成千上万的人来德里
参加万圣节节日
有音乐
剧院和最大的游行
爱尔兰街头派对 戈尔韦 戈尔韦
人口 65
800
位于爱尔兰西部的
科里布河口
在该国的这个地区 iri sh
语言非常强大
，随处可见和听到
它是爱尔兰音乐歌舞的中心，
戈尔韦也有一个爱尔兰语剧院，
从戈尔韦出发，您可以参观康尼马拉
及其美丽的野生湖泊和
山脉、阿兰群岛 离这里也很近
人们在这里说爱尔兰语
，许多游客喜欢来这些
荒凉的孤岛，在酒吧里听爱尔兰音乐
，看看岛民的艰难生活
沃特福德
沃特福德人口 45
000 在爱尔兰东南部
这是爱尔兰的第一个 城市
维京人在 850 年代来到这里
，他们在 914 年回来
建造这座
以玻璃而闻名的城市，
人们自 1783 年以来就在这里制造玻璃，
以及在这里建造的船只，
三条河流在沃特福德
与大海相遇，河流手推车
啃 和剪切
，
在爱尔兰的这一部分可以参观美丽的山脉和海滩
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第 11 章
故事音乐和舞蹈
爱尔兰人的爱情故事和许多伟大的
作家 出生在爱尔兰
乔纳森·斯威夫特
1667
至 1745 年是都柏林的一名牧师
在他的书中
格列佛的旅行
一个名叫格列佛的人访问了小人
国的许多陌生国家
所有的人都大约 10 厘米
高 在他们的马比人聪明的国家，
但是 当格列佛回家时，
没有人相信他的故事
詹姆斯·乔伊斯
1882 年到 1941 年
写下了他所有关于都柏林的故事
他最著名的书《尤利西斯》长达 700
页
这是一个
人
利奥波德·布鲁姆在
1904 年 6 月 16 日一天在都柏林所做的一切的故事
每年 6 月 16 日的
布卢姆日，
人们都会去都柏林谈论
尤利西斯，并参观故事中的地方
乔伊斯的朋友塞缪尔贝克特
1906 年至 89 年因
在剧院工作而获得诺贝尔奖，
他最著名
的等待戈多的作品
是 关于两个可怜的爱尔兰人正在等待一个叫戈多的人，
也许戈多是一个人，
也许他是
他们不知道的上帝，
但他从来没有来过
乔伊斯和贝克特 t 出生在爱尔兰，
但他们去法国工作和生活，
他们有新的和令人兴奋的想法
，爱尔兰的一些人不
喜欢爱尔兰政府的想法，
像尤利西斯这样的天主教会书籍是错误的
，1929 年之后
爱尔兰人买不起 书店里的这类书
生活在其他方面很艰难
一些歌手也
对爱尔兰的生活感到非常愤怒
鲍勃·格尔多夫 1951 年出生在爱尔兰，
他的母亲在他七岁时去世
，他的父亲经常不在家，
所以年轻的鲍勃经常独自一
人，他在都柏林和他的乐队看到了许多穷人
繁荣的城镇老鼠
在他们的歌曲香蕉共和国中唱响了愤怒的歌曲，
他们说爱尔兰是一个贫穷的国家
，政府很糟糕
，
现在我走到哪里都有太多的警察和教士
我到处
看到黑色和蓝色制服的警察和
牧师
鲍勃·格尔达斯想改变世界
，1985 年他计划举办一些
名为“创可贴”和“现场援助”
的音乐会，他用音乐会的钱来
帮助非洲饥饿的人
，
2005 年他做到了 这又
是一场名为 live 8 的音乐会，
与另一位爱尔兰音乐家 bono
bob geldof 要求许多国家的总统
为非洲提供帮助
bono 来自一个名为 u2 的爱尔兰乐队
有人说你们两个是世界上
最大的摇滚乐队
bob
geldof 乐队做了很多工作来帮助
世界上的穷人
另外两个著名的爱尔兰流行
乐队是男孩乐队
boyzone 和 westlife
也有著名的女歌手
像 sinead o'connor enya
和 ifa niari
还有很多著名的歌手 和
来自北爱尔兰的作家也
西莫斯希尼 1939 年出生在德里
附近的一个农场
1995 年
他的诗歌获得了诺贝尔奖
，世界各地的人们都在阅读这些
著名的单曲 r van morrison
于 1950 年代在贝尔法斯特长大
这比任何其他国家都多
爱尔兰语中的派对一词是 kali
数百年来人们演奏音乐、
讲故事和
跳舞的时间 1700 年代，爱尔兰
人喜欢在 cayley's
跳舞 舞蹈老师从一个城镇到另一个城镇
在小房子里，
所以他们经常在乡间小路上跳舞
他们穿着最好的衣服
整天整夜跳舞和演奏音乐
在许多爱尔兰舞蹈中 舞者保持
双手在身体两侧不
动，并迅速移动他们的脚和腿
今天
成千上万 爱尔兰儿童学习爱尔兰
舞蹈
，世界各地最优秀的舞者也
来到爱尔兰跳舞 我们在许多国家有
成千上万的人在
河舞和舞蹈之王
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第 12 章中看到他们
一个适合年轻人的国家
今天
很多事情都在发生变化 爱尔兰
它是一个年轻人的国家
近 50% 的人都
在 25.
50 年前，天主教堂里
挤满了老人
，他们决定人们能做什么
对今天的女性和年轻人来说生活很困难
教堂很重要，
但女性和年轻人的想法
也很重要
爱尔兰的两位总统都是女性
玛丽罗宾逊和玛丽
为爱尔兰的年轻人而生 未来是
关于流行音乐和计算机
以及农业和
马匹的 现在人们来到
爱尔兰建厂
爱尔兰
人口的 10% 可能是从
其他国家来找工作的人，其中
许多人来自波兰 和其他
东欧国家
和其他国家来自中国和
非洲国家
今天的
爱尔兰年轻人不必离开
自己的国家找工作
他们可以在家里找到工作
爱尔兰对年轻人来说是一个有趣而令人兴奋的地方
，
但当然
总有 问题
爱尔兰的犯罪比以前多
新芬党的天主教
民族主义者 工会主义者和民族主义者
不能都在这里得到他们想要的
东西
历史没有帮助任何人，
但爱尔兰
北部和南部的大多数爱尔兰人
不想要炸弹枪和战斗
他们想要享受生活
他们希望人们参观 他们的岛屿
在他们美丽的山脉中漫步在他们
安静的河流中钓鱼
在他们的酒吧里喝酒唱歌和欢笑
跳舞 在他们的凯莉家
，最重要的是大部分时间都
在谈论
爱尔兰人是欧洲最友好的人，爱尔兰语中
最重要的三个
词被
关心
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