Ireland and it's culture

   Ireland and it’s Culture    

I took a trip to Ireland last week to study their culture. This is what I learned while I was their studying    about Ireland’s culture!

While I was there I studied the ages of 100 people the median age came out to be 35 years old.

 Education
I also took a look at their education. They are well educated people, most people go to school at the ages 5-15. The percentage of people who finish secondary school is 80%. They also have a few boarding schools.

Food
While I was there I got to have some of their traditional food I also made a short list of their traditional food like corned beef, apple cake, cabbage, potatoes, fresh bread, lamb, homemade cheese, irish stew, and lamb. I also went to a big fast food chain that’s big in the U.K called Nandos. It was some of the best food I ever had!

Music
The music in Ireland is a lot of the same music we like to listen to, but they do have their own instrument’s they use
button accordion, fiddle, tin whistle, Uilleann pipes, etc.



Dancing
Some traditional dances that I learned to do are Irish step dancing, Riverdance, and lord of the dance. Irish step dancing is performed with your legs and feet. YOur arms stay straight by your side and your upper body does not move. River dance in theater mixed in with a dance, the Riverdance is like an intense version of irish step dancing. And Lord of the dance is a popular irish musical thats involves dancing like Riverdance.




Myths
Myths in the U.S are nothing like Irelands myths in Ireland are fun stories about fairies and leprechauns, and ours are about an oversized man named bigfoot.
Sports
Irish Hurling this game is played with a stick and a ball  if you take four steps with the ball you have to throw it, it can also be hit with the stick you have to get it to your goal and whoever gets the more points thats who wins. Also some other sports are Gaelic football, golf, salmon and trout fishing, and The fighting irish (boxing).


Things they like to do
One of Irelands biggest things to do is walking. They have miles of trails for people to walk on.Going to the pub is a big thing to do in ireland. Also they have lots of castles you can visit and a big thing to do there just like in every other country is play sports.       

And that is what I did and learned about Ireland's culture. I can’t wait to go again and have some Irish stew and play

some Irish Hurling!

_ Delia