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The republic of Ireland

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1.
Ireland is the third largest island in Europe (1 Great Britain,2 Iceland)
The state 'The Republic of Ireland' occupies five-sixthssix-fifthsfive-sixthI don't know of the island.

2.
Dublin Castle
Dublin is both the more largerlargerlargestI don't know city and the capital of the country.

3.
Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th
because it is believed to be the anniversary of his dieddeaddeathI don't know.

4.
Legend credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of Trinity
by showing people the shamrock, a three-leafthreethree-leavesI don't know clover.

5.
The most common language in Ireland is English, but underaccordingbyI don't know to the law the first language is Irish.

6.
U2 in the late 1970s Clayton, Mullen, Bono, Edge
Formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers U2 is the most popular IrelandishIrishIrelandeseI don't know rock band
and the most successful of all times.

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(2005)

7.
Samuel Beckett was an Irish writer, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.
He wrote a well-known play where the main protagonist, whatwhosewhichI don't know name is in the title, never appears.
[Waiting for Godot]

8.
The most popular sports in Ireland are Gaelic Football, Rugby and Hurling
Hurling is a bit like Field Hockey. It has prehistoric origins and is plaidplayedplayI don't know with sticks and balls.

9.
John Wayne (Sean Thornton)
_________________________Maureen O'Hara (Mary Kate)

John Ford was an American film director of Irish heritage.
'The Quiet Man' is a nostalgic tributetribunetribeI don't know to his Irish ancestry and homeland:
_____ a disgraced American boxer retires to Ireland, in the village of his birth, where he finds love.

10.
Irish traditional musiccookingplumbersI don't know uses many instruments including oileann pipes.