Ireland

     Today, I'm going to write about a book, Ireland. I didn't known about the history of Ireland, but after reading the book, I learned what Ireland is really like, what I can see there and what happened hundreds of years ago, in Irish history.

    Especially, I was surprised at the story of the national flag of Northern Ireland. One day two different Vikings came to a beautiful place in Ulster and both of them wanted to live there. However, neither of them yielded, and as a result, they decided to fight. And a man from the second ship suggested that the first man who holds the land in his hand can keep it. They decided to race. So here goes the point, in the race, the man from the second ship cut off his hand with his sword, and threw the hand. In the end, the hand fell on the beach, so he won the race. That is the story of the Red Hand of Ulster. 

     I was very surprised and felt history when I learned that the national flag shows graphic thing like that.    

    I learned about the history of Ireland through the book. There was a time that their language, Irish might disappear, but Ireland overcame it and exists now, so I think history is very meaningful.