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Ireland - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Dublin   953  
Cork   180  
Limerick   79  
Galway   57  
Waterford   54  



Total population (millions): 4
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 60%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: 0.6%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 70 270


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
Irish 93.6
British 3.7
Northern Irish 1.1
Scottish 0.5
American 0.3
Other 0.8




Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Dublin


GMT, GMT+1 in summer


Languages


Official languages: English and Gaelic

Free translation tools in Ireland :


Religion


Religious practises : Catholics 95%
Anglicans 3.1%
Atheists 1.1%
Protestants 3.4%
Others 2.6%


Political system


Ireland is a parliamentary Republic. The Parliament (Oireachtas), is bicameral and is composed of the House of Representatives (Dail Eireann: 166 members, elected every five years by direct universal suffrage), and the Senate (Seanad Eireann: 66 members).
President: Mary Patricia McAleese (1997/2004) FF
Prime minister: Bartholomew Patrick [Bertie] Ahern (1997) FF
The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people. In 2004
McAleese was the sole candidate, so no elections took place.


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Ireland 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) 6476   6764   6982   25
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


-The National museum of Ireland (Dublin),
-Trinity college (Dublin),
-The National gallery (Dublin),
-The Dublin castle
-The Bunratty's castle and the Folk museum ( County Clare ) ,
-The Jameson Heritage Centre (Midleton, County Cork),
-The Kerry ring (tourist road leaving from Killarney).

For more information about tourism in Ireland , check out the following web site(s) :
Irish Tourism Board


Food


Traditional dishes


Potatoes based specialities (ie: the colcannon)
Irish Stew: A traditional dish made with mutton but can be made with lamb or beef meat
Smoked salmon
Beers (Guinness, Kilkenny etc.)
Irish whiskey
Teas
Cakes such as scones.

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