Geography 10-2
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- Dublin
- Nearly 1/3 of all Irish people live in what city?
- bogs
- low swampy lands
- Killarny
- region and town in southwest Ireland
- peat
- wet ground with decaying plants that can be used for fuel
- North Atlantic Current
- brings warm moist winds to Ireland
- plains and highlands
- Which two landforms make up most of Ireland's landscape?
- oceans
- Ireland is surrounded on three sides by...
- farming
- has always been, and still is the major economic activity in Ireland
- English and Irish Gaelic
- the two official languages of Ireland
- 1922
- When did the Republic of Ireland become an independent nation?
- Central Lowland
- area of Ireland marked by rolling plains and low hills
- transportation
- Ireland's factories manufacture machinery and __________ equipment.
- potatoes
- historically the major crop of Ireland
- famine
- A blight caused potatoes to rot in the fields in the 1840's, and this caused a....
- Cork
- Ireland's second city and second largest port
- Celts
- Most people in the Republic of Ireland can trace their ancestry back to this European clan
- 60
- Disagreement over Northern Ireland exploded into violence in the 19__'s
- Bloody Sunday
- This bloody incident in 1972 Londonderry when Irish Catholic protesters where killed by British troops has been called...
- 50 - 56%
- Approximately what percentage of Irish live in cities and towns?
- Hurling
- Irish game that is similar to field hockey
- church
- Life in Ireland is often centered around the neighborhood and village...
- British
- For much of their history the Irish have been ruled by the....