Wales, Scotland and Ireland

Wales

Wales is a part of The United Kingdom. It also includes the small island off Wales called Anglesey. Wales is bounded on the North by the Irish Sea, on the east by the English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Hereford, Worcester, and Gloucester, on the South by the Bristol Channel, and the west by Saint George. Wales has many bays; the largest bay in Wales is Bay Cardigan.

Wales is almost all mountains. The mountains of Wales are really breathtaking. They are full of life with greens trees, pines, and animals that dot the surface of the mountains. On the tops of the mountains they are covered in snow and when you pass in the car you can see the snow-covered peaks. There are many roads that can carry you around the mountains and many places to go in the mountains. Lovely little towns and cottages are dotted among the mountains as well.

The Dee River is the largest natural lake in Wales. Much of the natural beauty of Wales is very much like England such as the pines, the moss, and the mountains and trees.

The climate in Wales is very moist and mild like the United kingdom. The Average Temperature in January in Wales is about 5.6 degrees C (42 F) In July it is about 15.6 degrees C (60 F).

The people of Wales included the Welsh of course along with the Celts, Scandinavians, and the Romans. The full population of Wales is 2,798,200. The major city is Cardiff with a population of 272,600. English and Welsh are the official languages in Wales. Although most of the population speaks English, the government tries to help keep the Welsh language going by accommodating the needs such as buying books etc.

Scotland is a part of Britain and Wales. Scotland is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the North Sea, on the southeast by England, southwest by the Irish Sea and on the west by the Western Isles. Scotland's capital city is Edinburgh.

Scotland has a very irregular coastline the west coast is deeply penetrated with arms of ocean. Scotland is divided into three regions from north to south. the highlands, the central lowlands and the louthern uplands. More than one half of the surface of Scotland is occupied by the highlands. Scotland has a lot of streams and lakes (Loch). The largest loch is Loch Lomond. Then there is Loch Ness, Loch Tay, Loch katrine. The rivers of Scotland are small and only used for commercial importance. The longest river in Scotland is Tay. Other rivers are Forth, Tweed, Dee, and Spey.

The average temperature in January is 3.9 c and in July it is about 14.5C (58F) Scotland's weather is similar to Wales, and England. The highest density is in the cCentral Lowlands.

The most populous city in Scotland is Glasgow, which has a population of 654,542. English is mainly spoken in Scotland, and in some parts Scottish, and Scottish Gaelic is also spoken.

Ireland has been very much so affected hg the Celtic culture artifacts. Every type of person came to see all the artifacts and then they came up with a lot of different ideas for the things that they can use to invent things.

The Celts made their main place to live in Central Ireland and traveled quite a bit around Europe and they left their footpaths around which made a lot of cultures change because they had an influence on the other cultures.

The Britons

Britons were named the Britons because of the inhabitants of Briton (this was before the Germanic Angles invaded). According to the historians, the original inhabitants of the Island were conquered probably by the end of the Bronze Age.

Anyway you probably wonder why we are talking about the Britons and not the Celts, which is our project. Well the Britons maintained close commercial ties with the Celtic people in Gaul and other parts of the continent. Also Celtic groups migrated to Briton until the 1st century BC. The Britons excelled in certain fields such as the arts, just like the Celts. When the Angles and the Saxons invaded Briton, the Britons fled to a Roman Province of Armorica in the northwest part of France. This was later the area that was called Brittany after the Britons. You will now know the Britons as the 'Bretons' which is what they are called now.