Information on Ireland, Please?

Question

My 10 year old child is doing a school project on Nations/country and she picked Ireland. She has a week left to finish the project. We have a lot of good information so far. But still need more, like...foods/drinks,17th - 18th century women's clothing, everyday life, the laws, health/wealth, ect.... Also "real" photos that are not copyrighted. We have googled just about everything and have come up with some things, but many have a copyright.

Like I said this will be for my 10 year old child's school project, so any real and safe information you have will be greatly appreciated. You can email me if you have other ideas or photos or would like to help us that we can use for her Ireland project. But please keep everything clean. Pretty much anything Ireland (safe and nonperverted) might work or give us more ideas. Thanks

Answer 1

Hope these links help?

Answer 2

I have been to Ireland with my husband 3 times and will be taking my 4th trip in December.  I have plenty of photos that you are more than welcome to share.  Go to http://community.webshots.com , and in the search box type in "Poblacht32."   From there, chose pages 4 and 5 for our Ireland photos.  Most of these are shots of the towns we have visited or pictures of the green land.

I don't really know much about 17th & 18th century women's clothing, but I can tell you a little about the food we experienced in our travels.  I was surprised to find that Ireland is completely multicultural when in comes to food, especially in the larger cities. I've had everything from Mexican food in Dublin, to Thai food in Cork.  Traditional Irish meals can still be found though.  Typically the day starts with a traditional Irish "fry."  This is usually eggs, bacon (called "rashers" in Ireland), slices of grilled tomatoes, brown bread (  a whole-grain bread similar to wheat, sliced but untoasted), toasted white bread, and black pudding (blood sausage).  Lunch and dinner meals usually depend on the region.  Near the coast, seafood is very common.  Oysters are especially popular.  Inland, beef and lamb dishes are the norm. Lamb is often cooked with carrots and potatoes in a thick Irish stew.  Beef is usually roasted and served with colcannon ( a mashed potato dish with onions and cabbage cooked in with it).  Just about every other dish served midday or evening is served with chips (what Americans call Steak fries).  Even Chinese food comes with a choice of rice or chips.  Chips are usually served plain, but some fast-food type places also serve them covered in curry or a thick creamy garlic sauce.  In most areas chips are eaten with a fork instead of by hand.

Popular snacks are boxty (a potato pancake), crisps (potato chips), and bisquits (cookies).

Answer 3

Stew, shepards pie,bacon and cabbage,anything to do with patatos (mashed,boiled,jacket,roast,cakes etc..),tayto chrisps,lyons/barrys tea,denny/galtee sausages and pudding and rashers,golden vale milk, TK red lemonade- thats normal everyday food.

you start primary school at around 4/5 years old (juniors infants, senior infants, 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class,4th class,5th class and finally 6th class)

then you start secondary school at around 12/13 years (1st year,2nd year,3rd year[junior cert.exam] transition year[optional]5th year,6th year[leaving cert exam])

we would normaly socialise in the pub and thats where most people go when they go out (legal drinking age 18 years)we also play sports.

We have loads of sports unique to Ireland -the GAA-hurling (boys) camogie(girls),gaelic football, handball,

We have our own language -Irish (gaeilge) there are a few areas in ireland that speak irish still (gaeltach areas-mostly west of ireland) we start learning the language in primary school-i've been learning it since i was 5, im now 17 and still not that great at it!. the majority of ireland speak english because of the british takeover a looong time ago (not sure of the dates) the  republic of ireland has 26 counties and northern ireland has 6- altogether 32 counties. the republic of ireland is no longer under british rule. our president is mary mc aleese. taoiscach-bertie ahern.

I hope this is a bit of help.

Answer 4

Club Orange (drink), Kimberley biscuits, Mikado (biscuits), Barrys Tea, Kerry gold butter, Denny sausages, White pudding, Stew.....if i think of anymorw i will get back to ya

Answer 5

I am a teacher and I would expect a 10 year old to do a project by herself.

I don't want a project that is of such high quality I know it was done by an adult. I want the child to do her own work.

You are teaching her a very bad lesson.

Answer 6

remember this is for a 10 year old

they cant be looking for a  book   /seems like your trying to overwhelm her

Answer 7

I would go to http://www.wikipedia.com and type Ireland in the search box in regards photos i can only think of google, sorry.

P.S. Don't take any notice of the "who is doing the project..." comment, no teacher expects a 10 year old to do a  project by themselves.

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Answer 8

Go to any of the travel sites: Orbitz, Travelocity etc.  Select Ireland and there are tons of links.  Most of the photos are not copyrighted.  Just right click and "save as".

Answer 9

top of the mornin im a leprechaun

Answer 10

www.fco.gov.uk

If you go to this site (Foreign & Commonwealth Office), you should find lots of information about all countries.

Even better, try www.cia.gov  which has tons of facts about all countries. Good luck to your child!

Answer 11

Who is doing the project you or your daughter? lol