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Hi
A request from my daughter to you guys living in Northern Ireland and Wales. She needs a few interesting facts regarding Northern Ireland and Wales, we're not Excluding Scotland got that part of the world sorted cheers, and she thought the best people to ask would be those who live there.
She's only six so nothing to, well you know! But your help would be appreciated.
Cheers in advance
Paul on behalf of his mini me.
Here are a few welsh facts for you........
Wales (Cymru in welsh) has its own language
Wales has its own national anthem 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' .. or Land of My Fathers in english
It was conquered by Edward I of England in 1282 and didn't gain its own government (called the Welsh Assembly) and semi independance until 1999
Area : 20,779 sq km
Highest point : Snowdon 1085 meters,
Longest River: Towy (Tywi in Welsh) 103km
Largest Lake: Bala 4.4 sq km
Population: aprox 2,918,700
Capital : Cardiff
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We've just done something similar in our school for the young ones on famous welsh people... I'll dig my notes out and post them later ;)
Ed
Cheers Ed that's perfect.
Paul
20.8% of us are able to speak Welsh. You might find someother useful facts and figures on this website (http://www.bwrdd-yr-iaith.org.uk/cartref.php?langID=2). :)
Great Pebble
20-05-2006, 17:06
ummm...
NI population in the order of 1.6 Million
Area 14.120 Sq Km.
Highest Point: Slieve Donard - 852m.
Biggest Lake - Lough Neagh, at 383 Sq. Km the largest freshwater lake in the United Kingdom.
Longest River:- The Bann. 122km.
Closest point to Mainland Britain:- Torr Head, Co. Antrim - about 23Km.
6 counties - Fermanagh, Armagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, Antrim & Down.. Wee Mnemonic "FATLAD"
Established in 1921 after partition from the newly established Republic, The NI Local Assembly was created in 1999 and is based at Stormont on the outskirts of Belfast.
Official residence of the Secretary Of State (and the Queen when in residence) is Hillsborough Castle in Co. Down.
Anything else? :rolleyes:
Great Pebble thanks, a couple more questions if that ok?
Is there a national dish or common dish in Ireland and is there an Irish langauge which is still spoken as in Wales.
Cheers for your help :You_Rock_
Paul
Great Pebble
20-05-2006, 17:19
National dish is probably the "Ulster Fry" - Bit like a Full English but without the beans, mushrooms and Fried slice and including Potato & Soda breads - Both fried. The other contender would be Champ, Basically Creamed potato with Spring onions (locally called "scallions") in it.
Language is one of those "tricky" things... English is the official language and is universally spoken and understood. In varying degrees you will also encounter Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) and Ulster Scots (Ullans).
Nick thats brill thanks for that from
Paul and Mollie
havingagiraffe
21-05-2006, 20:27
North Wales has the UK's longest railway station name - "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwy rndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch."
Really...:)
South Wales has the UK's longest railway platform
Really... :)
If Wales were flattened out it would be bigger than England.
Not really.... :rolleyes:
Thanks guys your info has really hit the mark. As for the web link we'll pass that on to the Teacher, seems a view good site.
:You_Rock_
Paul
Ogri the trog
21-05-2006, 21:49
National dish for Wales might be Bara Brith - Lava Bread, basically boiled seaweed (looks like dark green mush :yuck: ) - sounds horrid, but if it is rolled in oats and fried in bacon fat its not too bad.
As another snippet, there was no Welsh signiture on the Magna Carta - on account of what Ed mentioned above.
And a literal translation of "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwy rndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" is....
Church Mary near the hollow white hazel near to the rapid whirlpools of Saint Tysilio of the red caves.... more than a mouthfull for the little one ;)
ATB
Ogri the trog
Oh, and its where the nicest people in Britain come from :cool:
havingagiraffe
22-05-2006, 12:02
Oh, and its where the nicest people in Britain come from :cool:
And the most modest... :D
I've not been ask to leave a pub in NI. Escorted fellow drinker out for their own good though.