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 Слайд 4 - Hello, I’m an English teacher. Stay with me and we explore the best of Northern Ireland.

As far as I'm concerned, no trip to Britain is really complete without visiting Northern Ireland.

It meets us with friendly people and lush scenery you'd expect to find anywhere in the Emerald Isle.

And there's no tourists’ crowds.

We’ll tour (слайд 5) bustling Belfast, travel to (слайд6) fun-loving Portrush, (слайд7) rough-and-tumble City of Derry (слайд8) and enjoy attractions along the Antrim coast.

(слайд 9) Northern Ireland is part of a group of islands called the British Isles and part of a political entity called the United Kingdom.

It is situated in the north- east of island Ireland. The Emerald Isle is comprised of the independent Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The northern region is also called Ulster. 

(слайд 10) Northern Ireland consists of six historic counties: County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry, and County Tyrone.

Although counties are no longer used for local governmental purposes, they remain a popular means of describing where places are.

 (слайд 11) English is the most spoken language in Northern Ireland. There are also two recognized regional languages there: the Irish language (Gaelic) and the local variety of Scots known as Ulster Scots.

But here in Northern Ireland sightseeing makes more sense with a little background.

(слайд 12) All of Ireland was once ruled by Britain. But the Irish didn't assimilate quite according to plan. While Britain was Protestant, most of the Irish were Catholic. And with these religious differences came a deep-seated cultural divide. To help bolster its control London planted settlers, Protestant settlers mostly from Scotland .These people became the scots-irish, the dominant ethnic group in Northern Ireland today. But centuries of British rule led to strife .And in the 1920s after a bloody war most of Ireland became an independent country- Catholic and ruled from Dublin. But the north with its Protestant majority opted to stay with Britain. Northern Ireland was created in 1921. The island remains divided to this day.

(слайд 13) You’ll see symbols of that division throughout Northern Ireland. Protestant orange parades are common. In early September, the streets are filled with sectarian pageant. Well, 90% of these parades through Protestant towns and are therefore peaceful.

(слайд 14) On the Catholic side, nationalists and Republicans, people who want the entire island to be one nation use green color and they fly the Irish flag. Thankfully, real progress towards peace has been made and Northern Ireland has become a great place to visit.

(слайд 15) The Head of the state is monarch Queen Elizabeth the II.

(слайд 16) Today the official national flag in Northern Ireland is a panel of Great Britain, so-called, Union Jack. This situation has continued since 1973, when the Northern Ireland Parliament was dissolved. The existing at that time flag “banner of Ulster” has lost its official value. It was used from 1953 to 1972. In those years, the British government allowed Northern Ireland to declare the "banner of Ulster" the official flag of the state.

The banner of the Ulster consists of the red cross of St. George six-pointed star, with images of the crown and the «red hand". The image of the red hand on the banner symbolizes the connection of Ulster with Northern Ireland. The six ends of the star represent the six counties that make up Northern Ireland.

 (Слайд 17) The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

It just a couple hours north of Dublin straddles the Lagon River. Belfast was only a village in the 17th century. But with the influx of Scottish and English settlers and the Industrial Revolution, here Belfast boomed. While the rest of Ireland remained rural and agricultural, Belfast was nicknamed old smoke.

(слайд 18) Shipbuilding was huge. There was the birthplace of the Titanic and many ships that didn't sink.

(слайд 19) Nearby, two huge cranes once the biggest in the world nicknamed Samson and Goliath rise like skyscrapers above the harbor. Another reminder of this town's former shipbuilding might.

(слайд 20) In 1888 Queen Victoria granted city status to this boomtown of 300,000 and soon after its citizens built Belfast centerpiece, City Hall.

(слайд 21) Queen's University is also from the illustrious reign of Victoria. Its backyard is an inviting public park particularly relaxing on a sunny summer afternoon.

(слайд 22)The palm house an early example of an iron and glass greenhouse, dating from the mid 1800s, gives you a lush and humid jungle experience right in Belfast.

(слайд 23) Also in the garden is the Ulster museum - the city's one major museum.  

(слайд 24) About an hour's drive from Belfast takes us to Northern Ireland's favorite resort Portrush. This is the playground of Ulster, in an ideal base for exploring the highlights of the Antrim coast. Its architecture retains the atmosphere of a genteel seaside resort. Portrush fills its peninsula with family-oriented amusements, fun eateries and cheap and cheery Bed & Breakfasts. Summertime fun seekers promenade along the TOI harbor and tumble down to the sandy beaches, which extended sweeping white crescents on either side. Serious golfers can get a tee time at the royal Portrush.

(слайд 25) An hour's drive from Portrush the town of Londonderry also known as Derry is the second city of Ulster. The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle. 

(слайд 26) Derry is the only remaining completely intact walled city in Ireland and one of the finest examples of a walled city in Europe. The walls constitute the largest monument in State care in Northern Ireland and, as the last walled city to be built in Europe, stands as the most complete and spectacular. Derry is renowned for its architecture. There are many museums and sites of interest in and around the city.

(слайд 27) The Antrim coast is a popular vacation getaway from Belfast. A road trip here comes with fine surprises.

(слайд 28) Giant's Causeway.

(слайд 29) This five-mile-long stretch of coastline — the highlight of the entire coast — is famous for its bizarre basalt columns. The shore is covered with largely hexagonal pillars that stick up at various heights. It's as if the earth were offering God his choice of 37,000 six-sided cigarettes.

Geologists claim the Giant's Causeway was formed by volcanic eruptions more than 60 million years ago. As the surface of the lava flow quickly cooled, it contracted and crystallized into columns (resembling the caked mud at the bottom of a dried-up lakebed, but with far deeper cracks). As the rock later settled and eroded, the columns broke off into the many stair-like steps that now honeycomb the Antrim Coast.

The Giant’s Causeway is actually free and open all the time. But in practice, anyone parking there needs to pay a fee.

(слайд 30) The Dark Hedges

This iconic archway of intertwining beech trees has become one of the most photographed natural phenomena. It was planted by the Stuart family in the eighteenth century to impress visitors approaching the entrance to their Georgian mansion. Today the site is perhaps best known as a filming location in HBO’s Game of Thrones®; it doubled as The King’s Road in Season Two of the epic series.

There are a lot of wonderful and amazing sites in Northern Ireland worth visiting. Keep on travelling and getting cultural awareness.

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