KNOWING A BIT OF IRISH CULTURE

It is always good knowing a thing or two about different countries all over the world. Tackling their culture, traditions and many more and here we are going to discuss and know a bit of Irish culture.

The Flag
What it the most distinct thing that every country does? Well, it is there flag. The flag is composed of green, white and orange colors arrange vertically respectively. Though it may seem that the flag is fairly simple, but this contains very rich Irish culture. Furthermore, Ireland is known as the third largest island in the continent of Europe and 20th in the world. The island of Ireland is located at the north-west of Europe and, to add, the North Channel and the Irish Sea separates this country from Great Britain. On the north side of Ireland is the Atlantic sea and in the south is the Celtic sea.

The pure essence of Irish culture depicts the cultural norms of this country and, of course, the country’s people. The culture of this country is in no way monolithic because a long time ago, this country experienced several plantations which occurred for hundreds to thousands of years. Remarkably, there is quite a distinctive trait that can be seen between urban-Irish and rural-Irish people.

Rural Tradition
Farming in the country is quite old and also the human settlement here as suggested by archaeological findings and evidences that was found in this country. So, if you look at it Farming is one that has been passed down up till now. The farm animal cattle is quite many here, there are about 6.7 million of them in Ireland today.

Towns and Villages
Normans were the one who to change the Breton law. This was replaced by conventional clan land management topped with land tenure and the manorial system of social organization. This directed to the imposition of the villages, parish and etc. over the local systems of the towns and lands in Ireland. As the English feudalism greatly influenced and extended over Ireland, the present structure came in the year 1610AD.

As you can see, Irish culture is quite an interesting topic and the best part is the ones discussed here is not even the part of it. Still, for sure, after reading this article you have known a bit about the Irish culture and the country Ireland itself.