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Picture of architecture in Dublin, Ireland

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Ireland has two Capital Cities. One being Belfast, which is the Northern Ireland Capital city and then the other one being Dublin. Both Capital cities are very popular with Belfast getting 1.5 million overnight trips taken to the city in 2016, 31% of all visitor numbers And Dublin getting over 37% for overnight stays.

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Ireland is popular due to the early Christianity and the Celtic culture so there's always religious museums and Celtic culture everywhere. From Celtic, early Christianity to Vikings and Norman Invaders, the Ireland history has a lot to see. There is loads of natural landscape including waterfalls, mountains, Rock foundation. Coastlines and stunning valleys.  You could go sight seeing by taking long walks in the countryside to bike journey's on the hills. Places like Powerscourt Estate, Guinness storehouse
giants causeway

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Picture of Lough Ouler, 'The Heart- Shaped Lake'

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There is many Mountains and lake all across Ireland. Many people go to Ireland just for the beautiful scenery. Lough Ouler Wicklow mountains is one of many lakes hidden around Ireland. Lough Ouler is ranked the 7th most dramatic mountain lake and called the 'The-Heart-Shaped lake'. It is located on Emerald isle.
Another amazing lake and mountain that is very popular with tourists is Lough Tay( also known as Guinness lake) Its second name, ‘Guinness Lake‘, comes from its long history of ownership by the Guinness family and which is see able from the road and mountains. It is also  ranked 5th most dramatic mountain lake in Ireland.
Ranked most dramatic mountain and lake is Lough Coomloughra & Lough Eagher, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, which is the Ireland highest mountain range and can be seen at the highest point on the mountain range on Emerald Isle.

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St Patrick’s day is celebrated on 17th of  March, the date of his death. Celebrated by millions all over the world it has become one of the most popular worldwide cultural events. People who celebrate St. Patricks day usually wear a green hat and the whole day is based off the colour green to celebrate the Irish culture.  In Ireland, people wear a small bunch of something called Shamrocks on their right breast of their outer clothing. The Shamrocks are blessed in ceremonies all over Ireland by either the local Priests or Bishops. This is known as the Blessing of the Shamrock. St Patrick was the patron of Ireland and the first Bishop of Armagh but wasn't Irish and was born in Britain. St. Patrick also introduced Christianity into Ireland.

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The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest denomination being the Catholic Church. 84.6% of the Irish population are Christian so Christianity is an important thing in Ireland and only 10% do not have a religion.  There is a difference between catholic and protestant
Protestant is made up of diverse churches and is broken down into  baptise church and Methodist church. There is a church of Ireland which is made up of all the other small churches, just like the church of England.
The whole reason Ireland is very religious is because of St. Patrick and how he brought Christianity to Ireland.
There is some very religious  places in Ireland that people all across the globe visit like knock Shrine. This is a Holy place where witnesses have seen the virgin Mary and many other miracles. In 1985 three charter flights from Rome came in and has now welcomed more than 10 million people to the religious place. Another place is called Blarney Stone, which over 400,000 thousand visiting every year. People visit there to kiss the limestone.

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 Video on Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland

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Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland

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https://youtu.be/Bcpm1CRg1Sc?si=5KghXOk7JsIx8ruL
https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/7-most-dramatic-mountain-lakes-in-ireland
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Saint Patrick | Biography, Facts, Feast Day, Miracles, & Death | Britannica
Church Of Ireland - Irish Council of Churches and Irish Inter Church Meeting (irishchurches.org)
​​What Is The Blarney Stone And Why Do People Kiss It? (allthatsinteresting.com)
What happened at Knock shrine, how many people witnessed apparition of Mary and what time does Pope Francis arrive on Sunday? | The Irish Sun (thesun.ie)
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/colcannon
dmcoffee.blog/why-does-ireland-have-soda-bread/
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/irish-stew-0
A Brief History Of Traditional Irish Stew | Culture Trip (theculturetrip.com)
Great Famine | Definition, Causes, Significance, & Deaths | Britannica

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Northern Ireland is part of the UK. There was a civil war between southern Ireland and Northern Ireland  which started in 1860 and ended in 1865. This is because Southern Ireland wanted to be free from Britain and the Northern Ireland wanted to be apart of Britain so the war caused diversity and then it mainly became the southern side of Ireland being catholic and the Northern being Protestant. The thing that didn't change was the second language being Gaeli. 39.8 % of Irish people speak gaelic.   A thing that did change was that the Northern side kept their currency to Pounds and the southern changed their currency to Euros.

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Irish is known for their famous dishes. Coal Callon is a dish of cabbage and potatoes. Many children in the 50's was brought up on this dish and is very popular. White pudding is also a big thing for the Irish as on their breakfast they would have black and white pudding on their dish. White pudding is made up of wheat, suet, onion and sometimes meat or blood. Another popular one is Soda Bread which originated in the late 1830s. It is easy to make bread containing only four ingredients: Flour, salt, (acid), and Bicarbonate of Soda. and popular due to Ireland’s unique weather climate was only suitable to grow soft wheat, soda bread was the perfect match for the Ireland.
In 1845 a strain of the water mold Phytophthora infestans, this stopped potatoes from being able to grow which caused a huge starvation and disease all around Ireland.

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Visit Dublin –Things To Do and See in Dublin, Ireland

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The traditional music played by the Irish came to the country with the Celts 2,000 years ago.

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There is a lot of dark tourism spots around Ireland. This Irish Workhouse Centre was located in Galway and was for the unfortunate poor people in the 1840s-1920s. One hundred and sixty-three workhouses were built in Ireland throughout history as a last resort for the lower class. This is where they would work, eat and sleep, they would admit themselves into these workhouses as they had no other accommodation. The lower class would only work to eat and sleep at the workhouse and would have no other money. These were brought into the UK and Ireland to try and "Decrease the surplus population"