Daughters home work re Northern Ireland and Wales!

[pibbleb]

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.

[Ed]

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

[pibbleb]

Cheers Ed that's perfect.

Paul

[Wenie]

20.8% of us are able to speak Welsh. You might find someother useful facts and figures on this website.

[Great Pebble]

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?

[pibbleb]

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

Paul