The document provides information about the socio-cultural history of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It discusses the various peoples that have inhabited the islands, including the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans. It then summarizes the cultures and histories of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, noting their languages, traditions, famous figures, and historical events. Key bands and music from Ireland are also mentioned.

1. Socio-Cultural Unit
Great Britain and Ireland

2. UK and Ireland

3. English Country
UK + Ireland ENGLAND: UK
UNITED KINGDOM

4. MAIN IDEAS:
• British flavour
• Stereotypes
• Not only learning English
• Its culture
• Its own symbols
• Plurilingual and pluricultural society

5. Welsh Scots North Irish
Conquests
Celts (2000BC from Europe)
Romans (called it Britannia 1000BC)
Anglo-Saxons (Angle-land)
Vikings (Denmark)
Normans (France 1066)

6. • Capital: Edinburgh
•Gaelic language -- Accent
•Lough Ness
•They are divided in Highlanders and Lowlanders
•Kilt: Tartan (clan)
•Sir Walter Scott: poet , writer, Ivanhoe (1819)
•Surnames: MacDonald (Donald’s son) or Campbell
•Patron: St Andrews - 30th November

7. • Capital: Cardiff
•Rugby
•Football
•Choral singing “Land of my fathers”.
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kUnCwV3AYE
•Surnames: Probert => Ap Robert.
•Patron: St David 1st
March

8. •Republic of Ireland vs. North Ireland
•Celtic people
•Gaelic language
• Languages: Irish – English -- Celtic
• St.Patrick 17th
March

9. THE IRISH
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
NORTH IRELAND
• Eire (Irish)
• Capital: Dublin
• Main writers: James Joyce,
Oscar Wild
• Main events
• Music and Dancing (Celtic
Music)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HgGAzBDE454
• Ulster
• Capital: Belfast

10. Capital: Dublin
Temple Bar
University: Trinity College

11. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
• James Joyce:
• Ulyses
• Finnegans Wake
• The portrair of the artist as a
young man
• Dubliners
• Oscar Wilde:
• The importance of Being Easrnest
• The picture of Doran Grey
• De profundis (letter)

12. •Capital: Belfast
•Borough Counties : County Antrim, County Armagh, County
Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry, County
Tyrone
•Belfast City Hall Giant’s Causeway

13. • Union Jack – union flag: represents the
United Kingdom. This is the only flag with official status in
Northern Ireland.
• Flag of Ireland (also known as the
Tricolour; no official status in Northern Ireland)
• Flag of Executive Committee of the Privy
Council of Northern Ireland (also known as the Ulster Banner;
no official status in Northern Ireland since 1972)
• Former Governmental Coat of Arms of
Northern Ireland 1925-72

14. • Bloody Sunday - Domingo Sangriento –
• 30th January 1972
• Derry Murals

17. • Band from Dublin
• Members: Bono , The Edge, Adma Clayton, Larry Mullen
• Genres: rock, alternative rock, post-punk
• Years active: 1976 – present
• DISCOGRAPHY:
Boy (1980)
October (1981)
War (1983)
The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
The Joshua Tree (1987)
Rattle and Hum (1988)
Achtung Baby(1991)
Zooropa (1993)
Pop (1997)
All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
No Line on the Horizon (2009)

18. Sunday Bloody Sunday