My Olympic Country

At School my class Is celebrating the Olympics, we all had to choose a country to research about, I chooseIreland.

Ireland is a country located in Europe with the total of 4.63 million living in it. Ireland’s most popular tourist attraction is Trinity College in Dublin. Other Irish cities of note include Cork, Limerick and Galway.

Saint Patrick's Day is Ireland’s official national holiday, The 17th of March holiday is celebrated in Ireland and also embraced by many other countries around the world.

Did you know the world famous Guinness beer is from Ireland? It originated in the Dublin brewery of Arthur Guinness.  In 2002 Ireland was the first country in the world to have an environmental tax for plastic shopping bags and in 2004 it was the first to introduce a public smoking ban. Ireland has 74 athletes competing in the 2016 Olympics this year.

In Northern Ireland, you will find some of the most spectacular beaches in Europe. The naturally stunning formations of the coastline provide long stretches of golden sand and impressive sand dunes.

Ireland’s environment is beautiful and green, but there are some bad sides about it. Ireland is next to the United States which has air pollution that can float over to Ireland. Ireland also has water pollution, but that is caused by the people of Ireland.  The main Environmental issues is Water pollution and Air pollution.

I hope Ireland can find a resolution to these Environmental issues! By Sarah :)