The Republic of Ireland occupies most of the island of Ireland,
off the coast of England and Wales. Its eastern capital, Dublin, is the
birthplace of writers including Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett, and home
of Guinness beer. Nicknamed the "Emerald Isle” for its lush landscape
of rolling green hills, it’s dotted with castles and ancient sites, such
as massive 12th-century Cahir Castle.
Wow what a beautiful Castle kids and I wonder how many of you have been to visit it. You are so lucky to have castles in your country, so many kids only get to build them on the sands when they on holiday. Dr. DoDiddily and the Dee Dot's have quite a lot of Castles in their country of Wales as well. My favourite one in Wales is called Denbigh Castle and is around the same age as Cahir Castle as well. In fact our two countries are very the same and I do believe when the world was really very, very new many thousands of years ago that they were joined together.
SURE
(Children wearing emerald scarves or ribbons and shamrocks with ordinary dress green)
So fond you are of shamrocks,
So very fond of green,
Why did you coe, St. Patrick's Day?
Until March snowbanks go away
Your colour can't be seen!
(St. Patrick's Day, wearing all green with shamrocks)
O darlin' little children,
With eyes so bright and keen,
What do I care what March may do?
The world I love best shows my hue,
While you and all the likes of you
Are wearin' of the green!
A. E. A.
As with many of the countries I have travelled around I come to one which is close by my home country of Wales. But whereas we have three main-land parts to Great Britain; England, Scotland and Wales, we also have A small part of Northern Ireland which is called ULSTER.
ULSTER - Northern Ireland
Unfortunately I as yet have never had the pleasure of visiting either the North or South buT hope to change this in the summer when I have planned trips to Cork and Londonderry when two of my best friends live.
One of my biggest passions however is for the game of Rugby which is at this very moment is in the middle of the six nations cup. Of course my Wales is on top today but who knows who will be top next week.???
Another great passion of mine is Irish Music which is fantastic on both sides of the border and of course the Blarny of the Irish Story Tellers that grace our books both old and new. It is a wonderous thing the way sport and music both play a huge part in the uniting of nations.
THE IRELAND RUGBY UNION FLAG
Ireland national rugby union team
The
Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in
rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship,
which they have won twelve times outright and shared eight times.
I like this map of Ireland cos it has a few places we can go to visit straight away.
Would you like to come along with me and my friends.
So why not join in the journey below and by the time you've finished I guess we'll all know about the wonderful Emerald Isles from north to south and east to west.
ST. PATRICK WAS A GENTLEMAN
Oh, St. Patrick was a gentleman who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin town,and on it put a steeple.
His father was a Gallagher, his mother was a Brady,
His aunt was an O'Shaughnessy, His uncle an O'Grady.
Chorus:
So success attend St. Patrick's fist, for he's a Saint so clever,
Oh, he gave the snakes and toads a twist, and bothered them for ever.
The Wicklow hills are very high, and so's the Hill of Houth, sir;
But there's a hill much bigger still, much higher nor them both, sir.
'Twas on the top of this high hill St. Patrick preached his sarmint,
That drove the frogs into the bogs, and banished all the varmint.
Chorus: repeat
There's not a mile in Ireland's isle where dirty varmint musters,
But there he put his dear fore-foot and murdered them in clusters,
The toads went pop, the frogs went hop, slap-dash into the water,
And the snakes committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.
Chorus: repeat
Nine hundred thousand reptiles blue he charmed with sweet discourses,
And dined on them at Killaloe in soups and second courses.
Where blind-worms crawling in the grass disgusted all the nation,
He gave them a rise that opened their eyes to a sense of their situation.
Chorus:
So success attend St. Patrick's fist, for he's a Saint so clever,
Oh, he gave the snakes and toads a twist, and bothered them for ever.
AND JUST INCASE YOU FIND IT TO DIFFICULT TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN WHY NOT SIT DOWN WITH A FAMILY MEMBER AND MAKE THIS ONE.
Fun for all the children of the world with Dr. Dodiddily and the Dee Dot's
A little bit about myself and my Sisters
Kath, (far left) Sylvia, blonde (middle) Dorothy (me far right) Amy (Toni, in front)
Dr. Dodiddily is one of four sisters. First there is my sister Sylvia, she is the eldest and the smallest. Then there is my sister Toni(Amy)
she is two years younger than Sylvia, Toni lives in Kent. The next
one born in 1944 was Dorothy, yes my lovelies this is my real name. I am
three years younger than Toni. One more to come and that is my sister
Kathleen, she is the baby of the family and she is four years younger
then myself.
We couldn never hand our cloths down to each other, we were all very
different sizes, and anyone coming after me wouldn't have been able to
wear anything I was such a tom-boy and thing were worn out long
before Kath could have them.
This is a very old picture of the four of us taken in Coed Poeth in North
Wales, way back in 1952/3.
Gosh I am an Ancient Dragon, aren't I ! xxx.
This
is myself and my sisters in 1979 just 26 years later, we are with our
mother who like myself was called Dorothy. We are from left to right
Sylvia, Toni, My Mum, Dorothy (me) Kathleen.
ST. PATRICK WAS A GENTLEMAN
There's not a mile in Ireland's isle where dirty varmint musters,
