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  1. 20-05-2006, 12:36 #1
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    Default Daughters home work re Northern Ireland and Wales!

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    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.

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    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

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    Cheers Ed that's perfect.

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

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    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.

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    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).
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    Nick thats brill thanks for that from

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    North Wales has the UK's longest railway station name - "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychw yrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. "

    Really...

    South Wales has the UK's longest railway platform

    Really...

    If Wales were flattened out it would be bigger than England.

    Not really....
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    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.



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    National dish for Wales might be Bara Brith - Lava Bread, basically boiled seaweed (looks like dark green mush ) - 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 "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychw yrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" 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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ogri the trog

    Oh, and its where the nicest people in Britain come from
    And the most modest...
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    I've not been ask to leave a pub in NI. Escorted fellow drinker out for their own good though.
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