Ireland: The Country

Religion

The majority of Ireland's religious group follows Chrisianity; of which 73% of them are apart of the Catholic Church. There are over 4 million Catholics in Ireland.
Ireland is infamous for it's religious wars. The counrty is very much divided between north and south ends. It's amazing that it is one unified nation.

Sports

The most popular sport in Ireland is Soccer. This is also the most popular sport in Europe. Another sport that is extremley popular is Rugby.
The Irish Rugby team has played in every Rugby World Cup. It officially went professional in 1994.

1. Leinster - 2,295,123 People
2. Ulster - 1,993,918 People
3. Munster - 1,173,340 People
4. Connacht - 504,121 People

Climate

Ireland has a climate that is defined as temperate oceanic. The island country has generally warm summers and mild winters. It is warmer than other areas that land on it's latitude
because it is warmed by the Gulf Stream all year. There's really no extreme temperature such as scorching summers or freezing winters. Ireland stretches over 31,520.6 _sq miles.

• ¹Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 7^th
• ²Gross National Product (GNP): 7^th
• Unemployment Rate: 28^th
• Electricty Consumption: 61^st

• Republic of Ireland
  1. Prime Minister
  2. President
  3. Ministers of the Government
• Constitution of Ireland
• Civil Service
• Public Service

¹Gross Domestic Product is a basic measure of a country's overall economic performance.
²Gross National Product is the value of all the goods and services produced in an economy, plus the value of the goods and services imported & exported.

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