Irish Cuisine
Irish cuisine is a style of cooking developed from Ireland and by Irish people.The cuisine takes its influence from the crops grown and animals farmed in its climate. The introduction of the potato in the second half of the 16th century heavily influenced Ireland's cuisine and, as a result, is often closely associated with Ireland. Representative Irish dishes include Irish stew, bacon and cabbage, potato, boxty, coddle, and colcannon.
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holidays
New years day- 1st January
St Patrick day- 17th March
Easter day- Monday
Halloween- 30th October
Christmas day- 25th December
St Stephens day- 26th December
St Patrick day- 17th March
Easter day- Monday
Halloween- 30th October
Christmas day- 25th December
St Stephens day- 26th December
music
Irish Music is music that has been created in various genres( categories ) in Ireland.
The music of the island is called Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music influences from Britain and the United States, Irish music has kept many of its traditional aspects and has itself influenced many forms of music, such as country and roots music in the USA, which in turn have had some influence on modern rock music. It has occasionally been mixed with rock and roll, punk and rock and other genres.
In recent decades Irish music in many different genres has been very successful internationally. However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as (: Altan, Ash, Aslan, The Bothy Band, B*Witched, Mary Black, Brendan Bowyer, Boyzone, Paul Brady, Celtic Thunder, Celtic Woman, The Chieftains, The Clancy Brothers, Clannad, Rita Connolly, The Corrs, Phil Coulter, Nadine Coyle (of Girls Aloud), The Cranberries, Peter Cunnah (of D:Ream), Dana, De Dannan, Damien Dempsey, The Divine Comedy, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, The Dubliners, Duke Special, Enya, Bridie Gallagher, Rory Gallagher, Sir James Galway, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Academy Award winner Glen Hansard of The Frames, Niall James Horan (of One Direction), Horslips, The Hothouse Flowers, In Tua Nua, The Irish Tenors, Andy Irvine, Siva Kaneswaran (of The Wanted), Luke Kelly, James Kilbane, Josef Locke, Johnny Logan, Dónal Lunny, Phil Lynott and Thi
Other well known artists include Kíla, ensembles such as Anúna. Ireland has also produced many internationally known artists in other genres, such as rock, pop, jazz, and blues, including Chris de Burgh, Hothouse Flowers, Picturehouse, Laura Izibor. Contemporary artists include Bell X1, Fight Like Apes, Jape, Lisa Hannigan, Mick Flannery, My Bloody Valentine, Republic of Loose, Joe Dolan. Declan Nerney, The Blizzards, The Coronas, Cathy Davey, Villagers, Celtic Thunder and Imelda May.
The music of the island is called Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music influences from Britain and the United States, Irish music has kept many of its traditional aspects and has itself influenced many forms of music, such as country and roots music in the USA, which in turn have had some influence on modern rock music. It has occasionally been mixed with rock and roll, punk and rock and other genres.
In recent decades Irish music in many different genres has been very successful internationally. However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as (: Altan, Ash, Aslan, The Bothy Band, B*Witched, Mary Black, Brendan Bowyer, Boyzone, Paul Brady, Celtic Thunder, Celtic Woman, The Chieftains, The Clancy Brothers, Clannad, Rita Connolly, The Corrs, Phil Coulter, Nadine Coyle (of Girls Aloud), The Cranberries, Peter Cunnah (of D:Ream), Dana, De Dannan, Damien Dempsey, The Divine Comedy, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, The Dubliners, Duke Special, Enya, Bridie Gallagher, Rory Gallagher, Sir James Galway, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Academy Award winner Glen Hansard of The Frames, Niall James Horan (of One Direction), Horslips, The Hothouse Flowers, In Tua Nua, The Irish Tenors, Andy Irvine, Siva Kaneswaran (of The Wanted), Luke Kelly, James Kilbane, Josef Locke, Johnny Logan, Dónal Lunny, Phil Lynott and Thi
Other well known artists include Kíla, ensembles such as Anúna. Ireland has also produced many internationally known artists in other genres, such as rock, pop, jazz, and blues, including Chris de Burgh, Hothouse Flowers, Picturehouse, Laura Izibor. Contemporary artists include Bell X1, Fight Like Apes, Jape, Lisa Hannigan, Mick Flannery, My Bloody Valentine, Republic of Loose, Joe Dolan. Declan Nerney, The Blizzards, The Coronas, Cathy Davey, Villagers, Celtic Thunder and Imelda May.
lyrics to a popular Irish song
I took a stroll down the old long walk
Of the day I-ay-I-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
On a grand soft day I-ay
And I ask you friends, what's a fella to do?
Because her hair was black and her eyes were blue
And I knew right then, I'd be takin a whirl
Down the Salthill Prom with a Galway Girl
We're halfway there when the rain came down
On the day I-ay-I-ay
And she took me up to her flat downtown
On a grand soft day I-ay
And I ask you friends, what's a fella to do?
Because her hair was black and her eyes were blue
So I took her hand, and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a Galway Girl
When I woke up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a ticket home
And I ask you friend, what would you do?
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
See I've travelled around, I've been all over the world
Boys
I've never seen nothin like a Galway girl - Hey!
Of the day I-ay-I-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
On a grand soft day I-ay
And I ask you friends, what's a fella to do?
Because her hair was black and her eyes were blue
And I knew right then, I'd be takin a whirl
Down the Salthill Prom with a Galway Girl
We're halfway there when the rain came down
On the day I-ay-I-ay
And she took me up to her flat downtown
On a grand soft day I-ay
And I ask you friends, what's a fella to do?
Because her hair was black and her eyes were blue
So I took her hand, and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a Galway Girl
When I woke up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a ticket home
And I ask you friend, what would you do?
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
See I've travelled around, I've been all over the world
Boys
I've never seen nothin like a Galway girl - Hey!
sport
Ireland,hockey, rowing, cricket, rugby union are organised in an all-island basis, with a single team representing the whole of Ireland in international competitions. Other sports, such as soccer and Netball, have separate organizing bodies in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
The many sports played and followed in Ireland also include horse racing, show jumping, greyhound racing, basketball, fishing, hand ball and tennis
At the Olympic Games, a person from can choose to represent either Ireland or Great Britain
Also as Northern Ireland is a constitute nation of the United Kingdom it also sends a Northern Ireland team to the Commonwealth Games.
Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match attendance, and in 2003 accounted for 34% of total sports attendances at events in the Republic of Ireland, followed by hurling at 23%, soccer at 16% and rugby at 8%, and Initiative's Viewer Track study measuring 2005 sports audiences showed the sport's highest-profile match, the All-Ireland Football Final, to be the most watched event of the nation's sporting year.Soccer is the most played team sport in Ireland. Swimming, golf, aerobics, cycling, Gaelic football and billiards/snooker are the other sporting activities with the highest levels of playing participation in the Republic of Ireland.
The many sports played and followed in Ireland also include horse racing, show jumping, greyhound racing, basketball, fishing, hand ball and tennis
At the Olympic Games, a person from can choose to represent either Ireland or Great Britain
Also as Northern Ireland is a constitute nation of the United Kingdom it also sends a Northern Ireland team to the Commonwealth Games.
Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match attendance, and in 2003 accounted for 34% of total sports attendances at events in the Republic of Ireland, followed by hurling at 23%, soccer at 16% and rugby at 8%, and Initiative's Viewer Track study measuring 2005 sports audiences showed the sport's highest-profile match, the All-Ireland Football Final, to be the most watched event of the nation's sporting year.Soccer is the most played team sport in Ireland. Swimming, golf, aerobics, cycling, Gaelic football and billiards/snooker are the other sporting activities with the highest levels of playing participation in the Republic of Ireland.