FEBRUARY - IRELAND

IRELAND

Ce mois-ci, les élèves de 4eme6 vous emmènent en Irlande. Ils vous parlent de Dublin, vous donnent quelques recettes pour les plus gourmands, vous racontent les histoires de U2, Michael Collins, Michael Fassbender et de l'équipe Irlandaise de Football. Sans oublier les arts de rue et le cirque.

Bonne lecture.

Miss Kahel

A CITY

Creators:Christopher & Jason                    4°6

Dublin

Dublin is both the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Ireland.The city is located near the midpoint of the eastern coast of Ireland and in the center of the country .Dublin is the largest city in Ireland and has been a place of importance for its population since the middle Ages.It is currently ranked in the tenth place index of the financial markets worldwide and has one of the highest rates of development among capitals. Dublin is the center of historical, political , artistic, cultural, economic and industrial Ireland. The population of the city is 525,383 inhabitants, while the Greater Dublin has a total of 1,804,156 inhabitants. Dublin is a city rooted in history.

The Easter Rising 1916, is an important event in the Irish History, and part of the collective memory of Irish people (see the revolutionary song the Foggy Dew).It is the rebellion of the peole against the British occupiers ,even if the facts were confined to the city of Dublin and were not relayed to the west of Ireland.

FOOD

The Irish Soda Bread

450 g of wholemeal flours (wheat, oats for me)
1 sachet of dried yeast (9g)
1 c. coffee salt
1 c. tablespoons of molasses
450 ml of warm water
8 dried figs (or 2 handfuls of cranberries, raisins ...)
5 c. tablespoons sesame seeds (or almonds, hazelnuts, flax ...)
Optional: small oatmeal to sprinkle on the bread before baking to crisp
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Dissolve molasses in warm water and add to the flour. Mix with a wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in chopped figs and sesame seeds. Pour into a cast iron pan lined with baking paper (or other dish of your choice, with or without cover). Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 220 ° C. Bake for 45 minutes. Let cool before unmol .

In Europe, soda breads began to appear in the mid-19th century when bicarbonate of soda first became available for use as a rising agent. Breads, griddle cakes and scones with bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar or tartaric acid became popular in Austria, Polish cuisine and in the British Isles.

The Boxty

 230 g grated raw potatoes
125 g flour
200g leftover mashed potatoes
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Salt and pepper
- 60 ml olive oil
1: Cover the grated potatoes with the flour in a large bowl. Add the puree and mix.
2: In another bowl, beat together egg and milk. Pour over potatoes. Salt and pepper.
3: Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Pour in small quantities to make small patties 5 cm in diameter. Fry 3-4 minutes on each side until browned.
4: Place on paper towels and serve hot.

The end

Bévière Nathan

CANNESON gaëtan

MUSIC

u2

U2 is an Irish rock band formed in 1976 in Dublin. It consists of Bono (Paul Hewson) for vocals, The Edge (David Evans) for the guitar, piano and vocals, Adam Clayton for the bass and Larry Mullen Jr. For the drums.
Since the 1980s, U2 has emerged as a major group in the world. Among his albums War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Pop, All That You Can not Leave Behind.
The Singles that have hit the first places of the charts are for instance Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), With Or Without You, I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For, Where The Streets Have No Name, Desire, One, Mysterious Ways , Beautiful Day, Vertigo.

Since the mid-1980s, the group has advocated for human rights and Bono was nominated for the Nobel peace prize.

They are an example of a successful global group.
U2 has sold 170 million albums (June 2009) and has also won 22 Grammy Awards. U2 is ranked number 22 in the list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time according to the magazine Rolling Stone.
in 2003 and 2005. they also promoted Amnesty International during one of their concerts. Group members also became "ambassadors of conscience" of the organization in 2005. In December 2005, Bono was named "Personality of the Year 2005" by Time Magazine for his fight for Africa.
No Line On The Horizon is the latest album from U2. It was published in February 2009 and marked the return of the group after almost 5 years of absence.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

MICHAEL COLLINS

He was born on the16th of October 1890.

He died on the 22^nd of August 1922.

Michael was 7 years old when his father disappeared.

His mom sent him to a British place.

Michael was 15 years old and stayed there for 10 more years

Michael was chosen for the president election in December 1918 .

He earnt a lot of money, he earnt 10, 000 pounds

The Dail Eirean continued to exist .

They do have a statue of their former president after his death.

Common citizenship was maintained between Great Britain and the Free State.

Towards the middle of 1922, Michael Collins abandoned his responsibilities in the government and became the commander of the national army. During one of his military campaigns, in August 1922, Collins had to move to his county and was suddenly attacked. It was a trap and he was assassinated.

CINEMA

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender was born April 2, 1977 in Heidelberg, Germany from a German father and an Irish mother. In 1979, his parents left Germany for Ireland, and moved in the direction of Killarney. Michael was then educated and led a peaceful childhood.

As a teenager, Michael discovered comedy, and dreamt of starting a career in acting. He incorporated a drama class when he was 16, this class was led by Donie Courtney. He, taught him the basics of acting, and invited him to join his troupe of actors.

By the early 2000s, Michael Fassbender managed to get a place in Hollywood, signing a contract with the series "Band of Brothers" produced by Tom Hanks. This first experience seemed to please him, and reinforced the idea that being an actor was done for him.

He played later in a short film of poor quality: "The Curse." But fortunately for Michael Fassbender, success was for the following year in 2007 he played in the movie "300" and "Angel" by François Ozon. Success arrived fast.

Now, a few films he acted in:

X-Men:

Before mutants had revealed their existence to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr became Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men still discovering their powers for the first time. Before becoming worst enemies, they were still friends, and worked with other mutants to stop the destruction of the world, Armageddon. During this operation, the emerging conflict between the two men deepened, and the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X X-Men broke ...
X-Men- The Beginning leads us to the origins of the X-Men saga, revealing a secret history of the major events of the twentieth century.

Jane Eyre

The viewer discovers a young woman fleeing. Strengthless, she will be rescued by a young pastor and his two sisters. The young woman pretends to be called Jane Elliott and seems to be haunted by her past.

Many flashbacks gradually illuminate the fate of the young woman. The spectator discovers her childhood as an orphan, abused by her aunt and cousins, and then placed in a boarding school, Lowood, where physical punishment and deprivation are customary.
As a young woman, Jane leaves Lowood school to become the governess of the little Adele at Thornfield Hall, an ancient isolated castle. When she meets the owner, Mr. Rochester, she is strangely attracted yet puzzled by his strange behaviour. Will a love story be possible between the two of them?

Hunger:

Maze Prison, Northern Ireland, 1981. Raymond Lohan supervisor assigned to H sinister Quarter, the political prisoners of the IRA who started the "Blanket and No-Wash Protest" to show their anger.
The young Davey Gillen, who has been imprisoned, refused to wear the uniform because he does not consider himself as a common criminal. Joining the movement of the Blanket Protest, he shares a filthy cell with Gerry Campbell, another political prisoner, who shows him how to communicate with the outside through the leader Bobby Sands.
When the direction of the prison offers inmates civilian clothes, a riot breaks out. The violence is spreading and no prison guard is now safe. Raymond Lohan is shot in the head.
Bobby Sands talks then to the father Dominic Moran. He announces that he is about to start a new hunger strike to obtain a separate status for political prisoners of the IRA.

SPORT

The Irish Football Team

The team mostly played games in the British Home Championship against the other British nations (England, Scotland and Wales).
Following the independence of Ireland, the team continued to exist parallel to the Team of the Republic of Ireland, football players choosing Ireland as a whole. This team no longer exists, due to its transformation into the Northern Ireland Football team selecting only players from Northern Ireland

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After the partition of Ireland, although the role of the IFA is restricted to the administration of football in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Federation continues to select players from the whole island of Ireland until 1954 and still later editions for the British Home Championship. To this Irish team has succeeded in the texts and on the charts, the current team of IFA, that is to say, the Northern Ireland football team.

Joe Bambrick, (born November,3^rd 1905 in Belfast, died on October,13^th 1983 in Belfast) was a Northern Irish football player. In 1930 he scored 12 goals in just 11 games with the Northern Ireland team. Half of these were registered in one match against Wales on February, 1^st 1930 in Belfast (7.0)

ANIMALS

THE IRISH HORSE

The Irish horse the only native breed of horse from Ireland. Irish people have always been very proud of their horses and they regularly cite them in their sagas It remained a long lasting race exclusive in Irlande and natural selection allowed it to acquire a high resistance to climatic conditions with simply a poor food.

TEMPER

Pony morphology.
Size from 1.25 to 1.45 m.
Weight 300 to 400 kg.

All dress are allowed.
Big head, straight profile.
Very strong legs, thick sole.
Confident and generous nature but independent

ANCESTORS:

The ancestors of the Irish horse were probably brought to Irlande by boat by the Vikings, The Norse settlers were followed by immigrants into colonies of Northern Irlande, the Isle of Man and the Western Isles of Scotia. These settlers brought with them the late ancestors of the Shetland ponies, Connemara and the highland, which were crossed with northen horses two. There may also have a relationship with the yakoute pony and morphological similarities exist with nordland Norway, theymay have been brought from Norway to Irlande through Fjords. Fearing degeneration of the cheptel in 1982, they voted the AlthingNote laws prohibiting the importation of horses in Ireland, which stopped the cross-breedings: Irish horses have been purebred for over a millenium.

EXPORT OF HORSES:

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Irish horse have been exported to work in the British coal mines because of its strength and its small size. However, these horses were never registered and little evidence can trace their existence. The first official export of Irish horses is made by Germany. The United Kingdom officially received its first horse in 1956, when McKintosh Stuart Society of Great Britain was founded. Exports of Irish horses gradually increased, and since 1969, many companies have been working for farm preservation, improvement and marketing of the Irish horse with the support of the International Federation of Irish Horse Associations (FEIF) It is forbidden to bring a horse that was not born on the irish soil to preseve the purity of the race.
DRESSES:

All dresses are accepted by the standard race so that many different dresses can be found such as traditional bai, dark bai, black, chestnut or gray. There are also dresses deemed to be rare in the horse races or specific to primitive breeds such as the mouse, palomino, roan and the pie. In the Irish language, there are over a hundred different names for the horses dresses.

CECiiLE & LAURaa

IRELAND - CIRCUS

The Irish Circus
the best



• Held annually in July, the Galway Arts Festival is the largest arts event in Ireland. It welcomes artists and companies from around the world through an international program of theater performances, dance, visual arts, music, literature and comedy. The festival occupies a prominent place in the lives of communities in Galway and contributes significantly to the economic, social and cultural development of the West of Ireland.
  The festival offers a program of dance, theater and performances from across the Atlantic and Europe and is continually presented as an ambitious and innovative commitment . The world premieres of major theatrical productions in Ireland and the many creations of visual art further enhance the magic and diversity of Galway in July. The annual parade Macnas, which winds through the streets of the city, is the highlight of the festival and the assurance of a colorful show full of emotion.

The worst

Roberts, 69, who ran Super Circus in Polebrook, Cambridgeshire, failed to ensure an elephant's needs by not giving her medication for her arthritis. The elephant suffered so much that Roberts was charged by the police of animal cruelty. He was given a three-year conditional discharge at Northampton Crown Court but was not ordered to pay costs and was not banned from owning animals.

Ducourty ; Alexandre

Barré ; Joey