Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 59°F to 54°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 65°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 49°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 56°F.

Temperatures are cooling by this time of year with average temperatures reaching between 7-14 °C (45-57 °F). It is definitely time to layer up and bring some waterproof gear too as the amount of rainfall also increases around this time.

col·leen. (kŏ-lēn′, kŏl′ēn′) An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish.]

n̪i. a]) is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name Hibernia was taken from Greek geographical accounts. The name was altered in Latin (influenced by the word hībernus) as though it meant “land of winter”, although the word for winter began with a long ‘i’.

They never attempted to invade Ireland. The Romans were not able to conquer northern England and Scotland because the specific terrain allowed guerilla tactics, draining resources.

Names of Irish Gaelic origin

from Latin Hibernia, the Roman name for Ireland, also in forms Iverna, Juverna, Ierne, etc., all ultimately from Old Celtic *Iveriu “Ireland” (see Irish (n.)). This particular form of the name was altered in Latin as though it meant “land of winter” (see hibernation).

The Romans never conquered Ireland. They did not even try. Some archaeologists have suggested that Agricola established a bridgehead at Drumanagh, an Iron Age promontory fort that juts into the Irish Sea near Rush, some 20km north of Dublin.

[71] It is not difficult to suggest that in the post-Swan days Hibs evolved into a Scottish club with Irish origins rather than an Irish club in Scotland. The extent to which this is true today becomes clearer when analysing the views of current Hibs supporters.

The first known geographer to mention Ireland is the Greek Pytheas of Massilia, who, according to a later historian Polybius, made a journey in which he at least visited Britain. It has been suggested that this may have been Navan, which had been visited in the second century BC by a Greek or Phoenician traveller.

It is known as Eire in the Gaelic language, which comes from the old Irish Eriu, the name of a daughter of the mother goddess Ernmas of the Tuatha De Danaan, the mystical pre-Celtic race of Ireland.

This places humans in Ireland in the Palaeolithic era; previously, the earliest evidence of people came from the Mesolithic, after 10,000 years ago. In addition to brown bears, humans would have come into contact with – and possibly hunted – giant deer, red deer, reindeer, hare and wolves.

12,500 years ago

When referring to a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the correct terminology is to call them British. They also respond well to being identified by their home nation whether they’re Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or English.

Hugging, touching, or simply being overly physical with others in public is considered inappropriate etiquette in Ireland. Avoid using PDA and respect people’s personal space in Ireland. 5. Finger twitch while driving is polite.

In Northern Ireland, national identity is complex and diverse. Most people of Protestant background consider themselves British, while a majority of people of Catholic background consider themselves Irish.

Liverpudlians are also called Scousers.

Belfast’s reputation as a dangerous city is often exaggerated. A recent study by the United Nations International Crime Victimisation Survey (ICVS) shows that Northern Ireland has one of the lowest crime rates in Europe. There are areas in Belfast which have been scarred by trouble in the past.

Like Great Britain (but unlike most of the Republic of Ireland), Northern Ireland has a plurality of Protestants (48% of the resident population are either Protestant, or brought up Protestant, while 45% of the resident population are either Catholic, or brought up Catholic, according to the 2011 census) and its people …