Claude and Syd learn about Ireland

Here in Ireland we have a lot of pubs! They sat open until 12 o'clock at night. Adults can smoke in pubs. But children cannot smoke at all. We agree. On the 17th March each year we celebrate St. Patrick's Day and everybody dresses up in green. Dublin is the capital of Ireland, that is where the President lives in a house called Áras an Uachtarán which is near Dublin Zoo. There are 32 counties in Ireland. We have a lot of farmland. The builders are very busy at the moment because Ireland needs a lot of houses for all the people returning here.