World Studies Ireland Tour
Join me! We're off to tour the Emerald Isle! Ireland & Five Geographical Themes Location, Location, Location! Place - Physical & Human Characteristics Movement - Celts, Vikings, and English Domination Region - The Celtic World Interaction - Leprechauns, Stories, and Landscape My Favorite Places: The West Coast & Blasket Islands Preservation of Gaelic Culture
Location, Location, Location! Location: Area: 70,280 sq km Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain 53 00 N, 8 00 W 1,390 sq km water 68,890 sq km Comparison: slightly larger than West Virginia
Maps Physical Political Relative to Britain Regional Counties in Ireland & Northern Ireland
Place Physical & Human Charateristics 1,448 km of Coastline Britain is Only Land Boundary 360 km Climate: temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time average 222 days of rainfall
Cliffs of Mohr Central West Coast, County Clare
West Coast Boggy Field to the Ocean
Dingle Peninsula SW Coast
Wicklow Fields SE Coast Montains Haystacks
Connemara Rugged Northwest Coast
People Connemara Ponies, Music, Dance
Movement Celts 4,500 BCE Megalithic Tombs 600 BCE Celts Arrive firmly established by 150 CE and Dominated Ireland until 1170 Celtic Goddess Brigit Christianized as Saint Bridget
Ocham Stone First Alphabet
Movement St. Patrick & Christianity Born in Roman Britain 373 CE Taken into Slavery by Pirates Sold in Ireland Converted to Christianity Escaped to Back to Britain but Returned to Convert Ireland He Succeeded Snakes (Pagans) were Overthrown / Absorbed into Christianity Ireland Becomes Christian Center of Europe Crough Patrick Standing Stones at Crough Patrick
Irish Monks and Scholars Christianize Europe 400-900 CE
Movement th th Vikings from 8 to 10 Centuries 795 CE Viking Raids (from Norway) Begin Raid Monastaries for Property & Captives 850 CE 2nd Wave (from Denmark) Built Towns for Trading (Dublin, Cork, Wexford, Waterford, Etc.)
Movement Norman/English Domination Dermont MacMurrough, King of Leinster, Makes Pact with the Normans (French Invaders of England in 1066 CE) Normans Invade Ireland 1169 CE Henry II of England Becomes Lord of Ireland 1171 CE Henry VIII of England Becomes King of Ireland 1541 CE Plantation Begins in 1556 CE Moving Protestant English to Settle in Ireland Beginning of The Troubles Catholicism Begins to Stand for Irish independence Cromwell Massacres Irish 1649 CE Potato Famine in 1845 CE Millions Die or Leave
Movement Great Famine 1845 Millions Die and Emigrate to America, Canada, Australia, and Elsewhere Irish Culture Spreads Worldwide
Irish Famine or Holocaust? England & English Gentry in Ireland Allow Millions to Starve Crops for Export Rot in Harbor Labor Force too Weak to Unload or Sail
Region Cultural The Celtic World Stretched from Turkey to Ireland Celtic Culture Most Preserved in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany
Interaction Between People & Environment Leprechauns, Stories, and Landscape The Irish have a special, storied relationship with the landscape and their animals. Sheep, Horses, Bog, and Tourism form Major Interaction with Environment Until Ireland Joined the European Union, it was Considered a Third World Country and Extremely Poor; Now Tourism & Software Industry Fuel Economy Pollution of Lakes & Water is Major Environmental Concern
The West Coast & Blasket Islands Preserving Gaelic Culture The Blasket Islands, Off the Coast of the Dingle Peninusula, Preserved the Irish Langage (Gaelic) The Blasket Island Center is the Premier Gaelic Cultural Center in Ireland Literature from the Great Blasket is the Basis for Most Irish Language Teaching Connemara in County Gallway and the Burren in County Clare are also Gaeltech Areas
The Great Blasket An Island off the W est Coast of the Dingle Peninusla W ith Little Cultural Contamination Preserved Gaelic Language & Customs from English Rule
The Burren County Clare Megalithic Tombs & Rocks
Connemara Ponies Riding for Tourists
Visit Ireland's West Coast Find the Real Ireland Plan Your Tour from Shannon Airport Helpful Websites (Used in this Presentation) http://www.travelireland.org/ireland_map.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/ http://slarti.ucd.ie/maps/ireland.html http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ http://reference.allrefer.com/world/countries/ireland/geography.html http://members.tripod.com/~jerrydesmond/index-2.html http://www.doyle.com.au/history_pt1.htm http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://irelandsown.net/famine.jpg&imgref url=http://irelandsown.net/holocaust.html&h=335&w=512&sz=41&tbnid=bjozjr EAd64J:&tbnh=83&tbnw=126&start=9&prev=/images?q=Famine+Pictures+Irela nd&hl=en&lr=&sa=g