Today's Ireland is taking 5/6 part of Ireland island, other part (North Ireland) belongs to United Kingdom
Firsts settlements came here in about 300 years B.C.
The first golden age Ireland have reached during Christianity's spreeding and was broken by Vikings. England's domination started after Normans conquered the country in 1169.
Since 1801 January till 1922 December all Ireland's island belonged to United Kingdom
Today's territory of Ireland (26 counties of 32) have been formed in the XXth century.
All mountains are lower than 1000 metres, except one - Karauntuhill (1041 metres high), here are a lot of swamps and peat-bogs, lakes, has 3172 kilometres of sea line.