Dublin
A/ Watch the video “Top 5 Travel Attractions, Dublin (Ireland)- Travel Guide” carefully and be ready to answer the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98HfUwaqu_8
5/ The Spire of Dublin is 348 feet-tall 398 feet-tall 3480 feet-tall
4/ Kilmainham Jail is a museum a castle a prison
3/ Saint Patrick’s Cathedral is where Saint Patrick ______________ his first local converts.
2/ Dublin Castle is located in the _________________ center.
It was built in the early 13th Century 14th Century
15 th century 18th Century 1922
the 1st US President the 2nd US President the 3rd US President
This President was called __________________
1/ Trinity College was founded in ______________.
It’s the oldest and one of the best school university library in Ireland.
It houses the famous painting of Kells book of Kells teacher, Mr Kells.
B/ Find the names corresponding to the description.
General Post Office / Phoenix Park / Temple Bar / Grafton Street / The Statue of Molly Malone / The Guinness Storehouse / Trinity College / Kilmainham Jail / The Spire /
- It is one of the biggest park in Europe. In this park, you can go for a walk, ride a bike, visit a zoo and you can even drive: ________________________
- It’s a museum in the shape of a huge glass. In this museum you can learn about the production of a famous beer. You can also discover some of it’s ads: ____________________
-It’s a former prison but it’s now a museum: ___________________________
- In this area situated on the south bank of the River Liffey in Central Dublin, you can find a lot of pubs and there is an important nightlife: ______________
- It’s a large, stainless steel monument 121,2 metres in height and it has the shape of a pin. It’s located on O’Connell Street. It is said to be the world’s tallest sculpture: ___________________
- This building is the headquarters of the Irish Post Office. It’s situated in the center of O’Connell Street and it’s one of Ireland’s most famous buildings: _________________________
- It’s one of the main shopping street in Dublin: ______________________
- This Statue is placed at the bottom of Grafton Street. It represents a young woman in a seventeenth-century dress. There is a very popular song in Dublin about the woman represented by the statue: __________________________
- It’s a university but also the largest research library in Ireland. The library contains five million books. The most famous of them is the Book of Kells: __________________________
C/ Now spot the five places on the map.
D/ Complete the crosswords with words from the sentences of exercise B.