IRELAND 



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IRELAND 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON IRELAND 



Outline 



I. Location and Size 



(1) Latitude 



(2) Longitude 



(3) Position with reference to Great Brit- 

 ain 



(4) Size 



II. Physical Features 



(1) Coast 



(2) Surface characteristics 



(a) The coastal highlands 



(b) The central plain 



(3) Rivers and lakes 



(4) Climatic features 



(a) Dependence on surrounding wa- 

 ters 



III. Industries 



(1) Agriculture the chief industry 



(a) System of land tenure 



(b) Department of agriculture 



(c) Chief crops 



(d) Stock raising 



(2) Mining 



(3) Manufacturing 



(4) Fishing 



IV. Commerce and Transportatioi 



(1) Steamship lines 



(2) Exports and imports 



(3) Chief countries traded with 



(4) Rivers, canals and railways 



V. The People 



(1) National characteristics 



(2) Population statistics 



(3) Social conditions 

 (a) Education 

 (b). Religion 



(c) "Congested Districts Board" 



VI. History and Government 



(1) The beginnings 



(2) Coming of Christianity 



(3) Foreign interference 



(4) The long struggle with England 



(5) The Act of Union 



(6) The modern Home Rule question 



Questions 



What manufactured product does Ireland make in greater perfection than any 

 other country? 



What was the "first great event" in the history of. the island? 



Why do scientists not consider it strange that Ireland has no snakes? 



Who were the Druids, and what did they have to do with Ireland? 



What does Sinn Fein mean? What part did an organization bearing that name 

 play in the history of Ireland? 



What distinction has Ireland as to the length of its longest river and the size 

 of its largest lake? 



Why was a Congested Districts Board necessary? What does it do? 



Why did not all Ireland welcome Home Rule? 



From the map, show the error of an early chronicler in describing the shape of 

 Ireland. 



How has the religious question interfered with the progress of education in 

 Ireland? 



How many states of the American Union have a larger population than Ireland? 

 How many are more densely populated? 



What is meant by the "disestablishment" of a Church? When was the English 

 Church disestablished in Ireland? 



For what is the Boyne River famous? 



What people of continental Europe do some of the Irish peasants resemble in 

 temperament? 



What effect did the War of the Nations have on the government of Ireland? 



