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Ireland

Capital: Dublin

  • Newgrange, a passage tomb built around 3100 BC, is lit inside by the rising sun at the winter solstice. UNESCO listed it in 1993.
  • The Vikings set up a fortified base in Dublin in 841, which later grew into the city.
  • During the Great Famine of 1845 to 1851 the island's population fell by about a third, and over a million people died.
  • In the 2022 census, 1,873,997 people aged three and over said they could speak Irish. Only 71,968 use it every day outside school.

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