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All about Ireland Burlington (1 to 6 chapter)

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  • The terrible Potato Famine lasted about .............. years.
    six
  • Jeanie Johnston made 16 journeys between Ireland and North America, transporting more than 2,500 people during the Potato Famine. Jeanie Johnston was a ...............
    ship
  • Leprechauns spend their time making .......... and collecting gold coins in a pot at the end of the rainbow.
    shoes
  • The farm workers had nothing to eat and more than 1 million people died from ......................
    starvation
  • People of Ireland and in many places around the world celebrate St Patrick's Day on ......... ..............
    17Th March
  • At Halloween, the custom of " .......... or ........ " started in Ireland.
    "trick or treat"
  • The Burren is famous for the huge variety of ................that grow there, including 22 different types of orchids.
    plants
  • According to the legend, if you kiss the "Blarney Stone", you will ............. with great eloquence.
    speak
  • After 1922, Ireland became two different regions. A mainly ......................... Republic of Ireland and a mainly Protestant Northern Ireland.
    Catholic
  • Leprechauns is a type of male ............
    fairy
  • Around 400 AD, the ............... decided they needed slaves to work their land.
    celts
  • The patron saint of Ireland is ........ .............
    Saint Patrick
  • In 1607, James I sent Protestants English farmers to Ireland and the Irish Catholic became .................. on their land.
    tenants
  • Some Irish believe that when a Banshee appears, a member of their family is going to .......
    die
  • The capital of the Republic of Ireland is ......................
    Dublin
  • On St Patrick's Day there are many parades and people wear green clothes, sometimes with a ................... on them.
    shamrock
  • The most famous legend about St. Patrick says he expelled all the ............. from Ireland.
    snakes
  • Sinn Fein is Irish for " ........., ..................."
    "We, Ourselves"
  • There are mountains around the coast of Ireland, but the central area is very low and ...............
    flat
  • There are about 30,000 ............. living on the cliffs of Moher.
    birds
  • The Irish farm workers were very poor and survived on potatoes. This was the main ........... of Ireland.
    crop
  • The Newgrange is an ancient temple famous because something extraordinary happens there annually, on the ....................... day of the year, the 21st of December.
    shortest
  • The Gian'ts Causeway is a road, or a ........., over wet ground.
    path
  • Northern Ireland is part of the ...................
    UK