The Royal Coat of Arms

Territory

Population

Glasgow

English

Scottish, Gaelic

78,772 km²

5,116,900

Ben Nevis (1,343 m.) is the

highest peak in theBritish Isles

The national flower of Scotland isthe

thistle, which was first used in the 15th

century as asymbol of defence.

Patron Saint

Saint Andrew

Scotland has several unofficial anthems.

St. Andrew's Day

ThNovember

Apiper, playing theGreat Highland

Bagpipe. The piper is dressed in akilt, the Scottish national skirt, the textile pattern of

which istartan that often signifies a

particularScottish clan.

Motto

Anthem

WALES: a profile

The English nameWales

originates from the Germanic word

Walha, meaningforeigner. The

Wales Forever

Welsh call themselvesCymry and

their countryCymru in Welsh,

The Welsh Flag

Land of My Fathers

Capital (and the largest city)

Cardiff

which mean compatriots.

Wales is often known by the

phrasethe Land of Song because ishthenataonoadifl.oThervoegWtalbes

Te i l w

D ff l

e

f

e a le

The Flag of Saint David

Official Language

National Language

Territory

Population

Patron Saint

English

Welsh

20,779 km²

2,958,6001

its people are fond ofsinging,

music andpoetry.

The principal Welsh festival of

music and poetry is theNational

Eisteddfod, which takes place

annually in a different town or city.

The BritishUnion Flag has the

flags of Scotland, Northern Ireland

and England, but does not have any Welsh representation. The

calledleek is also a traditional

emblem of Wales.

The Coat of Arms

St. David's Day

Saint David

St

March

Flag of Saint David is sometimes

used as an alternative to the

national flag and is flown onSt.

David's Day.

On St. David‟s Day,

Welshmen wear a daffodil or a

leek.

NORTHERN IRELAND: a profile

Northern Ireland consists of 26 districts. Together they are commonly calledUlster.

Motto

Anthem

Who Shall Separate?

God Save the Queen

Londonderry Air (de facto)

Capital (and the largest city)

Official Language

Belfast

The national flower of Northern Ireland is

theshamrock, a plant with three heart-

shaped leaves (a three-leaf plant), similar to

clover. An Irish tale tells of howPatrick

The river is dyedgreen on St. Patrick‟s Day

because this colour is the colour of Ireland.

Some people call Ireland

the Emerald Isle because the colour of the

grass there is bright green.

National Language

Territory

Population

Patron Saint

St. Patrick's Day

English

Irish

13,843 km²

1,710,300

Saint Patrick

ThMarch

used the three-leaf shamrock to explain the

Trinity. He used it in his sermons to

represent how the Father, the Son, and the

Holy Spirit could all exist as separate

elements of the same entity.St. Patrick's Day is an official bank holiday in Northern

Ireland.

The Holy Trinity

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

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