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Capital: Belfast
Largest cities: Belfast & Londonderry.
Form of government: constitutional monarchy
Territory: 13 843 км²
Population: 1 852 168

live in towns.
Northern Ireland is an agricultural region.
There are a lot of small family farms there.

Population

speak the Irish form of Gaelic.

Language

the main and most important celebration in Ireland such holiday is considered to be St. Patrick's day, celebrated annually on 17 March.

Celebration

a small stocky man. Lives in the hills of Ireland, often shoes. Leprechauns are small (about 2 feet tall) men of advanced age with fair skin, a wrinkled face and bright red nose. Outfit make the hat, green pants and vest with huge shiny buttons, leather apron, long blue stockings, and high shoes with silver buckles size slightly less than the shoes.

The leprechaun

broke growing under the feet of clover, the trefoil raised high over his head, clearly showed the Irish as God the father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit form a unity. Since then, three green leaf Irish clover became a symbol of the Holy Trinity, and the green color the Shamrock color the entire nation. That is why green clothing on St. Patrick's Day is a symbol of the Holy Trinity.

Why the symbol of St. Patrick's day is considered green and Shamrock?

but a celebration of Ireland and Irish culture in General. This day is usually parades in the streets are organized theatrical performances and dances, folk Irish music is played, people visit pubs. Also on this day people dress in green.

How to celebrate?

in 1609.
579 554 people live there.
It is an industrial centre of Northern Ireland.
It is a large port.

Belfast

buildings in the town.

It`s the symbol of Belfast.

in north Belfast, the zoo's 55-acre site is home to more than 1,200 animals and 140 species.

popular with office workers, students and tourists. The Ulster Museum is located at the main entrance.

surrounded by the monuments of the Victorian era.

Donegall Square

of about 40,000  basalt columns , the result of an ancient volcanic eruption.
It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland.
The width is 20-30 metres.
The height is 6 metres.

The Giant Causeway ( Тропа великанов )

iron chain across the country.

Castles in Northern Ireland

the Belfast Lough. It played a very important role.
It was built in 1177 by John de Courcy, who wanted to control the entrance to the Belfast Lough.

Carrickfergus Castle

very friendly and hospitable there.

Northern Ireland