DO01601010_Vorwort_01_03.indd 31.01.2012 15:53:14 Seite: 2 [Farbbalken für Fogra39] BlacK Cyan Magenta Yellow Contents Title Topic 1 Text type Source A divided island A divided island Introduction 4 Spot on facts: The British-Irish relationship Fact ﬁle 6 Sinn Fein has hijacked the history of Newspaper article Ulster Peter Taylor, The Sunday Times We need a new British-Irish relationship Internet article Gerry Adams, guardian.co.uk 10 Taking the fear out of difference Internet article nicie.org 12 Belfast Telegraph exclusive poll on United Ireland Newspaper article Adrian Rutherford, Belfast Telegraph 13 Topic 2 7 Character and culture The Fiddler of Dooney Poem William Butler Yeats 14 The way of the Irish Book excerpt From: Pete McCarthy, McCarthy’s Bar, A Journey of discovery in Ireland 16 The Irish language: Cá Bhfuil Na Newspaper article Gaeilg eoirí? (Where are all the Gaelic speakers?) Manchán Magan, The Guardian 19 Why Ireland really lost its religion Internet article Malachi O’Docherty, The Independent (Ireland) 22 Northern Ireland: Orange Order marches on, but now it’s a festival Newspaper article Cole Morton, Belfast Telegraph 24 Irish mythology and folk tales Spot on facts Excerpt from an Irish legend Mythological text Joseph Dunn 26 The girl who got the better of the gentleman Folk tale William Larminie, West Irish folk-tales and romances 26 25 Topic 3 The tides of fortune 2 The tides of fortune Introduction 28 Thousands are sailing Song The Pogues 29 The Celtic Tiger Newspaper article Bob Simon, CBS News 30 An Irish ﬁlm: ‘Once’ Excerpt from a ﬁlm script John Carney, ﬁlm script of Once 33 Emigration: the next generation Newspaper article Jamie Smyth, The Irish Times 36 Irlands Wirtschaft wächst wieder Newspaper article Die Presse 39 DO01601010_Buch.indb 31.01.2012 14:06:01 Seite: 3 [Farbbalken für Fogra39] BlacK Cyan Magenta Yellow Contents Title Topic 4 Text type Source Rural roots Rural roots Westering home Introduction Poem 40 Coming home Excerpt from a short story From: William Trevor, The Hill Batchelors 42 Ireland’s unemployed head back to the farm Internet article Louisa Fahy and Finbarr Flynn, Bloomberg Businessweek 45 Causing a commotion Newspaper article Edna O’Brien, The Guardian 46 Urban sprawl is ‘devastating’ rural landscapes Newspaper article Treacy Hogan, The Independent (Ireland) 48 Bernard O’Donoghue: Westering home Projects Project 1: Hunger 50 Project 2: Irish music 52 Project 3: Famous Irish people 54 Project 4: Ireland 56 Worksheets Vocabulary work: Text-based vocabulary ﬁles and thematic vocabulary ﬁles 58 Revision ﬁle 1: A divided island 60 Revision ﬁle 2: Character and culture 61 Revision ﬁle 3: The tides of fortune 62 Revision ﬁle 4: Rural roots 63 3