National identity

Northern Ireland: is part of the United Kingdom. The currency used here is the British pound. The capital city is Belfast.Language: EnglishPlant: ShamrockParton saint: St Patrick, the Saint’ day on 17 March. St Patrick is believed to have driven the snakes from Ireland. Once a pagan himself. It is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures. The modern secular holiday is based on the original Christian saint’s feast day also thought to be the date of the sanit’s death.







Scotland:Scotland means the "land of the Scots". The Scots were a tribe of Celts who came in the 5th and 6th centuries from northern Ireland to live in the region. The northern part were inhabited by a tribe known as the Picts. The Romans used to refer to the area as Caledonia.




Wales:The Welsh name for their own country is Cymru, which means "fellow countrymen". The name Wales originally meant "stranger" or "foreigner": the name was given to the country by the Anglo-Saxons because the people living there spoke a different language and had a different way of life from them.



England:The name England comes from the words "Angle land". The Angles were people who came from northern Germany in the 5th and 6th centuries, after the Romans had left. The French name for England is Angleterre, which also means "Angle land". There were also invasions of southern England by Saxons and Jutes English people are sometimes called Anglo-Saxons. The Celts who used to live in this area were forced to move back into Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall and into Western France.