Above: Geography in Ireland Ireland is called The Emerald Isle" from the rich green colour of its fields and pastures. It owes this delightful freshness to its moist climate.Here is an Irishwoman's description of her native land, written after she had been away from it for many years "I remember a beautiful isle far away; An isle by the blue sea caressed; And the fields are so green and the mountains so gray In this isle far away in the west." This island, the second largest of the ... Read More

Above: East Coast in Ireland On the east coast is the Irish Sea, almost surrounded by land, and having all the countries of the British Islands on its shores. It is joined to the Atlantic by St. George's Channel on the south, and by the North Channel on the north. Belfast Lough, between County Antrim and County Down, has a great deal of shipping traffic, starting from Belfast, both for Scotland and England. Strangford Lough, in County Down , is a wide and shallow ... Read More