If you also want to study in Ireland, you must know some important facts about the country. Let us start with the simple introduction about Ireland. Ireland is the third largest country in Europe. It comes at number 20th on the Earth. The culture of Ireland is very influential. There is a lot of important information to learn about it. There is a great influence of Ireland on the neighboring countries. There are different games music and language with respect to island. If you go to island after joining Glion overseas, you will be able to join different sports like horse racing, football, golf and rugby. Now let us check some interesting facts about Ireland that will help you before you go there.
Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland is considered as official national holiday. It happens to be on the 17th of March. The most interesting part is that Saint Patrick was not an Irish man. He was born in Great Britain. At the age of 16, he was kidnapped by raiders who belonged to Ireland. Unfortunately, he had to work as sheepherder as a slave in Ireland for almost 6 years. Then he went back to his home country, gain knowledge over there and came back after as a missionary. He passed away on 17th of March.
The national symbol of Ireland is a musical instrument that no the country in the world has. It happens to be harp. If you want to see a harp when you go to Ireland, you can visit Trinity College in Dublin. Glion overseas will arrange so many seminars and workshops in which we will be giving many interesting details about the facts and figures on studying abroad.
It is consider a Passage tomb or an Ancient Temple. It happens to be 5 years older then Stonehenge and the ancient pyramid of Giza. Stonehenge is a monument in England and the Great Pyramid of Giza is located in Egypt.
It is very surprising as well as shocking that there are no postal codes in Ireland. It is very surprising as well as shopping that there are no postal codes in Ireland. Ireland is one of the only countries in the European Union that does not have postal codes. There are postal codes in Dublin.
Ireland happens to be the first country that started charging and environmental tax for using the plastic shopping bags in the year 2002. We must be thankful to Ireland for taking such a great initiative.
Ireland also holds the first position in introducing a public smoking ban. It was also a great initiative taken by it. It happened in the year 2004.
There are more than 6 million people in Ireland. Dublin is the capital city of Ireland. There is one quarter or one fourth of the total population of Ireland, living in Dublin.
The history of Ireland is marked with different words and they have been full of violence. There are so many castles in Ireland. The purpose of building the castles was to protect the royal families from the invaders from different countries. These castles happened to be wonderful tourist spots as they are still standing strong. Hope these details about Ireland would help you if you are planning to study abroad in Ireland.
Location: Ireland Education Consultant in Delhi
