Independence and after

• A Timeline of Irish history
• Irish history

U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday

John Lennon's Sunday bloody Sunday

The Great Potato Famine

The Great Famine and the coffin ships:

The Potato Famine explained with Thousands are sailing, by The Pogues.

Thousands are sailing - lyrics

St Patrick's Day

On March 17th the Irish celebrate St Patrick's Day. Learn a bit more about it with this video:

Ludotori Folk

Ludotori Folk - A trip to Ireland

1. Irish Celtic folk instruments

2. Irish dancing

3. A timeline of Irish history

4. Cockles and mussels (Molly Malone)

5. Dirty Old Town

Sightseeing in Dublin

a) Watch the video and fill in the chart in your worksheet:

Home of British rulers

Residence of Irish President

Dublin’s version of the Champs Elysees

A complimentary pint at the Gravity Bar

Meet the locals

Host official state visits

The General Post Office

A notorious prison

The Molly Malone statue

The heritage centre (Vikings and medieval town)

Book of Kells

At the heart of Temple Bar

The zoo

A museum since the 1980s

Ireland’s largest church and national cathedral

Dublin’s main shopping street

Connects Dublin and the River Shannon in the west

The making of the drink and its history

18th century facilities

The Spire, Europe’s tallest sculpture

Enjoy this scenic part of the city

 

b) Now find information and fill in a similar chart for 5 of the following places:

St Stephen’s Green, Leprechaun Museum, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Jameson Distillery, 
Jeanie Johnston, EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum, Little Museum of Dublin, 
National Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Writers Museum, 
Croke Park Stadium, General Post Office, Merrion Square

Irish music

Prepare a presentation about Irish musicians and bands.

Your teacher will give you the name of a singer / band. Find the following information about them and put it together in a presentation (Powerpoint or Google slides). Then present it to your classmates.

Name of the musician / band
Year formed / started
Still active?
Names of the components & instruments they play
Type of music
Most famous song(s) - you may include a videoclip or the lyrics
Position in the charts
Awards received

U2

Van Morrison

The Cranberries

Enya

Sinnead O'Connor

Hozier

Bob Geldof

Chris de Burgh

The Script

Thin Lizzy
Niall Horan

Westlife

Boyzone

Ash

The Strypes

The Corrs

Damien Rice

The Pogues

Clannad 
The Dubliners

Irish philosophy

Write the text in your worksheet in the correct order. Then check your answer here:

Galway Girl

Watch the video and do the activities in your worksheet.



Now check the lyrics here.

Where are the singer and the girl? What words from the song suggest that?


Who or what is...

• Grafton
• Van
• Carrickfergus
• Ceilidh
• fiddle
• Gaelic

Ireland culture quiz

What do you know about Ireland so far? Try to answer the questions in the Ireland culture quiz. How many can you get right?

Halloween

Where does Halloween come from? This video explains the origins and the different traditions associated to it:

Now answer the questions in this worksheet.

And while you do the work, you can listen to some spooky Halloween music!

Ireland quiz

What is...

• conkers 
• leprechaun
• Stoker
• Ulster 
• hurling 
• shamrock
• U2
• Eire
• the emerald isle
• Ballygally
• harp
• Great famine
• taoiseach
• Cork
• Bailey
• Sinn Fein
• March
• Liffey 

Irish celebration

1. Watch the video and fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

2. In the song, find a reference to

• the Irish flag
• the look of most Irish people
• the emigration
• the situation under British rule
• drinks in a pub
• a favourite sport
• the importance of ancestors