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THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Society and Culture (The richness of Irish Culture…
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Society and Culture
The richness of Irish Culture
The culture was established long before the coming of Christianity
The Celts and the Anglo Normans left fortifications, the Protestants settlers left mansions and estates
The Irish folklore expresses itself through oral and musical traditions, the creation of myths and tales
Folk music and dance is survived and is brought to new worlds (America, Australia) by immigrants
The culture was established long before the coming of Christianity
Irish literature
Irish literature with its poetry in Gaelic dates back to the 6th century
4 winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature
George Bernard Shaw
William Butler Yeats
Samuel Beckett
Seamus Heaney
Jonathan Swift was an outstanding writer and satirist in English literature
The most important novel of the 20th century is Joice's Ulysses
The most important musical bands
The Cranberries
Van Morrison
U2
Economy
Economic boom was from 1990-2007 "Celtic Tiger"
Economic activity has decreased since 2007 because of the financial crisis
Multinacionals came to dominate the export sector
Measures have been introduced by the government to favour labour
12 billion $ loan was given by EU and IMF to avoid default
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