Ireland

Irish Cuisine

Introduction
The cuisine of Ireland can be dividend into two categories traditional and modern. Goes Here Your Description Modern

are the dishes which are served in restaurants and hotels. Traditional era- Representative irish dishes are irish stew, bacon and cabbage boxty, coddle, and caolcannonIrish cuisine historically featured potatoes, beer, cabbage, beer, kale, beer, stews, heavy breads, and other hearty foods to complement Ireland's northern

Modern Era In the 21st century the usual modern selection

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adopted in ireland. Europe's dishes have influenced the country, along with other world dishes introduced in a similar fashion to the rest of the western world. Common meals include pizza, curry, chinese food, and lately, some west african dishes and east european (especially polish) dishes have been making an appearance. Supermarket shelves now contain ingredients for

History
Most of Ireland was covered by ice until the end of the last ice age 9000 years ago. Neolithic Age
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imported from the Iberian Peninsula, wheat and barley were the principal crops. Bronze age define by the harnessing, oxen, weaving use of wheel, brewing

textiles,

alcohol and skillful metalworking, producing new weapons and tool, and fine gold decoration and jewelry

3000BC The Megalithic tombs are constructed. 700BC The Celts arrive from parts of Gaul and Britain. 350AD Christianity reaches Ireland. Your Description Goes Here 432 St. Patrick arrives in Ireland and confronts King Laoghaire who allows him to spread the word of 795 Invasion by the Vikings. Christianity in Ireland 1014 Brian Boru defeats the Vikings at Clontarf. 1169 Dermot MacMurrough, the exiled king of Leinster, seeks help from 'Strongbow'.

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Climate
The summer months of May to August are Your Description Goes Here the warmest time in Ireland; temperatures range between approximately 10C to 17C. May and June have the least rain and are less changeable on a day-to-day basis than the climate during the rest of the year.The Winter months of January and February are the coldest months, with temperatures around 4C to 7C

Culture
Your Description Goes Here Irelands culture comprises elements of the

ancient immigration and influences and more recent Anglicisation anf Americanisation as well as participation in a broader Eurpopean culture. Ireland became a part of the Celtic Nation of Europe, that result of the traditional music, arts, jewerly and dances of Ireland is more on Celtic culture.

Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from

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credits Patrick with teahing the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover using it to highlight the Christian belief of three divine person

Religion
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Folklore
Your Description Goes Here The leprechaun figures large in Irish Folklore. A

mischievous fairy type creature in emerald green clothing who when not playing tricks spend all their time busily making shoes, the leprechaun is said to have a pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow, if ever captured by a human it has magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for release.

Pub Culture
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cultural divides. The term refers to the Irish habit of frequenting public houses or bars. Traditional pub culture is concerned with more than just drinking, even through Ireland has a recognized problem with overconsumption of alcohol. In 2003, Ireland had the second-highest per

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Common Ingridients

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Vegetables; potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage curly Dairy milk; butter, buttermilk, cheese (Gubbeen

kale

Cheese, Adrahan, Corleggy, Durrus, Cashel Blue and Cooleeney)

Meat; beef, lamb, mutton, chicken, offal, geese Seafood; fish, shellfish, smoke salmon, prawn,

lobster

Wheat, Oats, Barley

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Potatoes, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Curly Kale

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Gubbeen Cheese

Cheese

Ardrahan Cheese

Corleggy
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Durrus

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Cashel Blue Cooleenney

Meat
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Seafood

Famous Dishes

Barmbrack

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Bacon and Cabbage

Famous Dishes

Champ

Famous Dishes

Boxty

Coodle

Colcannon

Crubeens

Dulse

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Blaa

Ulster fry

Drisheen

Goody

Irish Stew

Skirts and Kidneys

Shepherds pie

Famous Dishes

Irish Breakfast

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