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Chapter 00
Ireland
Introduction
Key Facts
Chapter 01 LAND & PEOPLE
? Geography and Climate
? Irish Society and People
? The Importance of History to the Irish
? The Making of Modern Ireland
? The Main Irish Cities
? Politics
Chapter 02 VALUES & ATTITUDES
? Irishness
? The Irish View of the Outside World
? Ireland Today
? Sex and Morality
? Censorship and Bad Language
? Social Attitudes and the TV Screen
Chapter 03 RELIGION & TRADITION
? Religion Is Important
? The Catholic Church in Ireland
? Education
? The Irish Way of Death
? The Church of Ireland
? Ecumenism
? The Presbyterian Church
? Methodists and Others
? The Religious Orders
? Irish Saints
? Pilgrimage Sites
? The Irish Language
? Mythology
? Irish Fairy Lore
Chapter 04 MAKING FRIENDS
? Getting On With the Irish
? Home Life
Chapter 05 CULTURAL LIFE
? Music, Song, and Dance
? Traditional Music
? Literature and the Bardic Tradition
? Irish Novelists
? Film
? Festivals
Chapter 06 TIME OUT
? Food and Eating Out
? Drinking and Pubs
? The Sporting Life
Chapter 07 BUSINESS BRIEFING
? The Economy
? Internationalism
? Business Etiquette
? Women in Business
? Management Style
? Meetings, Negotiations, and Communication
? Teams and Teamwork
? Business Entertaining
? Business, Shopping, and Banking Hours, and Public Holidays
Chapter 08 COMMUNICATING
? A Love of the Language
? The Importance of Understatement
? Watch Out for Gossip!
? Accent and Idiom
? The Media
? Communicating and Getting Around
? Conclusion
Appendices
? Places
? People
Exercises