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Northern

Ireland

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Content

Basic Facts

National Symbols

Gaelic Language

Places of Interest

History to Remember

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    • part of Great Britain since 1801
    • also called Ulster
    • size: about 13,843 km2
    • population: 1,903,175 (2021 census)
    • consists of 6 counties
    • capital city: Belfast

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Basic Facts

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    • named after St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland
    • when he was 16 he was taken as a slave to Ireland (it took him 6 years to escape and return to his family in Great Britain)
    • after becoming a cleric, he returned to Ireland as a Romano-British Christian missionary and later he became a bishop
    • 17 March, the date of his death, is celebrated as St Patrick's Day
    • according to the legend, St Patrick used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity
    • the Irish word shamrock means little clover

National Symbols

St Patrick's Cross

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Shamrock

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Places of Interest

Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Resulting from a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago, it is steeped in myth and legend. Some say it was carved from the coast by the mighty giant, Finn McCool who left behind an ancient home full of folklore.

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Giant's Causeway

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Traditionally fishermen erected the bridge to Carrick-a-Rede island over a 23m-deep and 20m-wide chasm to check their salmon nets. Today visitors are drawn here simply to take the rope bridge challenge! One of the most dangerous rope bridges in the world.

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

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The legendary first known Irish home of Saint Patrick. The mountain is about 1500 feet (437 metres) high, and it is actually the central core of an extinct volcano. According to legend, Patrick worked as a shepherd here for about six years. It was during this time that Patrick turned to frequent prayer as his only consolation in his loneliness.

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Slamish Mountain

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Places of Interest

Belfast City Hall

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Queen's University

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Titanic Belfast

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Places of Interest

The Dark Hedgers

Dunluce Castle

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Downhill Beach

Game of Thrones Locations

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Only 4% of population in Northern Ireland is able to speak Gealic (Irish language).

Gaelic language

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History to Remember

Murals in Northern Ireland have become a symbol to remember the region's past and present political and religious divisions. Can be found mainly in Belfast and Derry.

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History to Remember

Murals commemorating Great Famine, and supporting unionists and republicans.

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On Sunday January 30th 1972, about 20,000 civilians marched through the town of Derry in Northern Ireland. They were protesting against the policy of the English government which imprisoned suspected members of the IRA without trial. While they were demonstrating, the English army fired on the unarmed marchers, killing fourteen people, some shot in the back. Those responsible for this massacre were never punished. The popular Irish group wrote the song Sunday Bloody Sunday in 1983 to sum up a decade of hatred and violence.

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History to Remember

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George Best – a football player born in Belfast, plying for Manchester United. A symbol of understanding. Belfast Airport is named after him.

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History to Remember

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Thank you!

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Internetové zdroje obrázkov

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Map of counties:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a0/f9/28/a0f92849752cce2ed6e9796cb6a0a520--genealogy-forms-northern-ireland-map.jpg

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St Patrick’s Saltire:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg

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George Best mural:

https://www.google.com/search?q=george%20best%20mural%20belfast&tbm=isch&tbs=il:cl&hl=sk&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ1vwEahcKEwiIw4CdocGBAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAw&biw=1349&bih=619#imgrc=xHdjY6I3FNcQ9M

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Použitá literatúra

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FRANK, Jan: Irsko. 1. vydanie. Praha: Libri, 2006. ISBN 80-7277-294-5

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Discover Northern Ireland [online] [citované 2023-09-27]. Dostupné z http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/

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