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Interesting facts about Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is part of the UK, not a separate country. The nature here is amazingly beautiful, and the people inhabiting these lands are quite different from their neighbors – the English. Any tourist here will discover a lot of amazing, and, perhaps, this is the place where you should go on vacation at least once in your life.

Northern Ireland, as already mentioned above – part of the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, it is with an enviable regularity confused with an independent country by Ireland.

In Northern Ireland, there is no predominant religion – Catholics and Protestants are roughly equal.

Administratively, this region is divided into six counties.

Of all the countries in the UK there are fewer people than in Northern Ireland, people live only in Scotland.

Currently, Northern Ireland – the poorest of all regions of the UK.

Among the local population, in addition to the English language, are also common Scottish, Irish and, oddly enough, Chinese.

The famous “Titanic” was built in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.

During the last glacial period, the territory of present-day Northern Ireland was almost completely hidden beneath the thickness of the ice shield.

It is here that the biggest freshwater lake in Europe is Loch Ney.

It was here that the world famous Guinness beer appeared.

On the streets of all local cities you can see countless graffiti, which here painted all the walls. And, interestingly, most graffiti are of a political nature.