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We are in the south east of Northern Ireland. We are
in P.7. We have websites through www.gridclub.com
and www.think.com. We use these websites
to help in our I.C.T. Classes. We have 6 hours of school and in that
time we do Maths, English, Geography, History, Science, Religion, Physical
Education and I.C.T. Our education is like England but a little bit
different. We celbrate many events in school such as Halloween,
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Christmas etc. We had a big school production recently called "Annie". Our director was Mr. Hy and the person who introduced us to E-pals is own teacher Mr. Arnold. He likes I.C.T. VERY MUCH!!!!! We have a principal called Mr. Wylie and we have two vice-principals
Mr. Bailie, in charge of key stage 2 (senior pupils) and Mrs. Baxter
who is in charge of key stage 1 (junior pupils). You can visit us
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Ireland in Europe. Belfast in Ireland. WE ARE ON THE RED STAR!!!!!!! |
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Braniel Primary School in Belfast.
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HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE SITES IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN IRELAND. THERE ARE LOTS MORE TO SEE - COME VISIT!!
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Belfast Castle The building was finished in 1870, having far exceeded the original estimate cost of £11,000. The Donegal fortune had dwindled so severely that the project was nearly left unfinished. The son-in-law of the Marquis, Lord Ashley, heir to the title, Earl of Shaftsbury, stepped in and paid for competition. The castle sits on a beautiful site on the Cavehill overlooking Belfast City and Belfast Lough. It is now a lovely hotel, rstaurant and antique Shop surrounded by beatiful gardens. |
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Tayto (NI) Ltd, a crisp and snack
manufacturing company, is one of the most successful businesses and
long-established market leader in Northern Ireland. The family-owned
concern, which is based in Tandragee in the heart of the Co. Armagh
countryside, was founded by Thomas Hutchinson in 1956.
The factory is situated at Tandragee Castle which the founder bought in 1955. Tandragee Castle, or Tayto Castle as it is affectionately referred to by the many thousands of children and adults who have visited it to find out how their favourite Tayto products are made, has a somewhat chequered history. Originally built by the O'Hanlon clan, it was rebuilt by Oliver St John, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , after the plantation of Ulster. The disinherited O'Hanlons' attempt to repossess the ancestral estates during the 1641 rebellion resulted in the Castle being burnt. Having been passed to the Montague family through marriage, it was not until 1836 that the Duke of Manchester rebuilt the Castle and it remained the seat of the Dukedom until 1939. During the Second World War the Castle was requisitioned by American troops and afterwards fell into a state of disrepair. It then lay empty until its purchase in 1955. |
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This is a picture of Tayto castle and one of the staff
is giving the children crisps. They are Brownies, a junior section of
the Girl Guides.
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The Great Irish Famine
A long time ago in Ireland the staple diet was potatoes but in 1845-1847 there was a potato famine caused by blight. People were forced to leave Ireland and move to America and other countries they could get away to. Others were forced out of their homes to go to the workhouse. The workhouse was a horrible place full of disease and you had to work all day. Most people died of the work and pain. Millions of people died in this famine. We are reading and studying a book in class called "Under the Hawthorn Tree". It is about 3 children called Eily, Peggy and Michael O'Driscoll and they are surviving in the middle of the famine times. |
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This is one of our country's physical wonders! The Causeway
is a mass of basalt columns packed tightly together. The causeway is
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They were originally formed by lava but some people
believe that a giant called Fin McCool built it as a bridge to get to
his enemy in Scotland. The story of Fin McCool is a big legend for Northern
Ireland. The story is when Fin made the bridge. When he saw the Scottish
giant was twice the size of him. So he ran in to his wife and he went
into a cradle. Then the Scotish giant barged in he saw the baby and
thoght if that was the size of the baby, what is the size of his father??!!!!
Then he ran away taring the bridge as he ran away. That is the legen
of the great giant Fin McCool.
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Carrick castle is a very interesting place to visit
we have pictures of the inside and the outside. It has a lot of models
you will enjoy like cannons, soldiers, jails etc.
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This house was a favourite haunt of the Great Duke
of Ormonde, but afterwards it was deserted by the family, althought
they continued to own it until the present century. Fortunatelly, it
was never allowed to fall into complete ruin and in 1947 was taken over
by the State, who subsequently conserved the building.
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Dublin has long been a centre of art and culture.
Apart from the large collections of the National Museum and National
Gallery and Irish Museum of Modern Art, the city also boasts many fine
small private collections. The range of art and artefacts is enormous,
and the visitor will have no problem spending many hours enthralled.
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland. Their flag is green, white and gold. Dublin has a population of just over 1,1 million. |
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The weather we have over here is mostly rain; our
highest temperature is 27 degrees C. We have less snow than Iceland
and less sun tha Africa! If you think we have lots of rain, we do, but
we have some thunder and lightning storms too! This is why everything
is SO green! We have many sun s-showers in spring and wind in autumn
then in summer we have rain and sunshine. In winter we have mostly rain
but sometimes we might get snow. Our lowest temperature is about -2
degrees C. Northern and Southern Ireland have got all sorts of weather
but always with rain not too far away!
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The Odyssey is one of the newest famous buildings
in Northern Ireland. It has a 3D cinema, bowling alley, a games zone,
an outside theme park, cafes, restaurants and a multi-screen cinema
complex.
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Dear EPals, We hope you enjoyed reading our facts
and looking at the pictures of what we consider to be the highlights
of some parts of Ireland, both North & South. Not everyone might
appreciate the unusual situation we are in here. Although we live
in Ireland geographically, we are divided in two, North and South.
The North is a part of the United Kingdom with our own devolved government
and national status, whilst the South remains a republic with their
own distinct democracy. We share many diverse cultures but yet have
each our own identities also. We have had difficulties as you may
know for many years but since "the troubles" officially
ended in 1994 and peace has been re-established our country has grown
to be a beautiful place to live once again and the people of Northern
Ireland are proud of their recent successes. |
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