Cultural Aspects of Ireland

By: Lauren & Sydney O

Local Customs(Greeting/Etiquette)• Meeting

– Shake hands– Make eye

contact– Say hello– Bacon and

Cabbage

•Gifts–Do NOT give white flowers (used for funerals)–Usually opened right away after received

•Visiting Homes–Being late could spoil food–Fork in left hand Knife in right–Bring wine or chocolates/dessert when visiting

Foods of Ireland

• Irish stew- Varies from

Bacon and Cabbage to Beef and Carrots

•Potatoes–Saved Ireland during the famine–Very common food in Ireland–They are eaten boiled, mashed, fried, chipped and baked

•Whiskey –Very common to add a few drops of whiskey to anything while cooking in Ireland

Sports of Ireland

GOLF Equest

rian

Soccer

Festivals

•St Patrick's D

ay-began in Ireland as a Catholic holiday-Over time turned into a Festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J680_aKF5zc

Arthur's Day

Celebrates Arthur Guinness (Irish Brewer)

Festival of Beer

Musical Entertainment Charity for young entrepreneurs

- Wool

- Cardigans

- Often wear hats

- For the most part similar to Canada

Fashion

Irish Architecture

• The first Irish Architecture award show took place in the countries capital of Dublin in 1991

• The First award was presented to Henry J Lyons and Partners

• Thomas Cooley designed City Hall (Dublin) in 1768

• U2, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello

• Traditional, drinking and folk songs include “An Irish Lullaby” and “A Bunch of Wild Thyme”

• The Irish National Anthem is Amhran na bhFiann

Religion• On the top 10 list of number of people

declaring themselves as atheists

• Mostly Catholic country

• 49% of the population say they are “a religious person”

Literature

• Oscar Wilde- The Happy Prince and Other Tales, An Ideal Husband, and The Canterville Ghost

• The University of Dublin

• Seamus Heaney- Nobel Prize in Literature 1995

Art and Theatre

• 24 Theatres and theatre companies in Dublin

• Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Pierce Brosnan

• Popular theatre productions at the Grand Opera House