Haruka's English Blog

    I will write a summary of chapter 3: Celtic Ireland.    This chapter is about Celtic people. Celts came to Ireland from western France and northern Spaiq thousands years ago so Irish people are Celtic. A Greek writer described the Celtic   that they are tall and strong.     There was a man called Cuchulainn, he fight with a strong dog and he won. The dog was called a hound, so after this, he was called 'The Hound of Ulster.    Celtic games are very popular in Ireland. Gaelic football is one of the Celtic games. In Gaelic football the players can use their feet and hands.     Some people in Ireland speak the Celtic language called Irish. Irish is very different from English.    Irish was nearly a dead language before because Irish people spoke English and few people spoke Irish. School didn't teach Irish. However, many children learn Irish at school so Irish language is popular again.

    This week I read "Ireland."  As the title this book is written about Ireland' s history, culture and so on.    This book consists of 12 chapters.  I think this book mainly tells about Ireland's history. Chapter1and 2 are about nature of Ireland. "Ireland is an island like a plate"(p.2)    I think this is a good example. I thought that's like a shape of Kumamoto. Kumamoto is also surrounded by mountains so I could imagine easily.   Chapter3 tells about Celtic people. "The  Celts are . . . tall and strong."(p.5)    When I was a junior high school student, my English teacher was a Irish man. Now the reason why he is tall is that he got Celtic people's gene. I think. Fron chapter 4 to chapter8 are about Ireland's history. "You can see the Red Hand on the flags of Northern Ireland."(p.11)    There is a story of Ulster's flag. A man cut off his hand to get a place in Ulster so there is a red hand on Ulster's flag.    Cha