{"id":20684,"date":"2026-06-04T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/take-the-leap.wep.org\/it\/?p=20684"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:40:10","slug":"curiosita-irlanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/take-the-leap.wep.org\/it\/curiosita-irlanda\/","title":{"rendered":"15 curiosit\u00e0 sull’Irlanda che (forse) non sapevi"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_column_text el_class=”.intro”]L’Irlanda<\/strong> \u00e8 molto pi\u00f9 di un posto verde dove incontrare pecore dal muso nero e tanta tanta pioggia. \u00c8 l’isola che ha inventato Halloween, che vanta il pub pi\u00f9 antico del mondo e che – per qualche ragione – vanta pi\u00f9 capelli rossi<\/strong> di qualsiasi altro Paese del pianeta.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]La chiamano Emerald Isle<\/strong>, l’isola di smeraldo, e una volta che ci metti piede capisci perch\u00e9: il verde qui \u00e8 di un’intensit\u00e0 quasi irreale, i locals sono tra le persone pi\u00f9 simpatiche al mondo e ogni pub nasconde storie che vale la pena sentire. Ecco allora 15 curiosit\u00e0 sull’Irlanda<\/strong> per prepararti (o per ispirarti) a partire.[\/vc_column_text][vc_zigzag color=”sky”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”01″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Il Paese dei capelli rossi<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Pi\u00f9 del 10% della popolazione irlandese ha i capelli rossi<\/strong>. Per capire quanto sia straordinario questo dato, basti pensare che in Europa meridionale la percentuale scende intorno all’1%. A livello mondiale, solo il 2% delle persone nasce con questa caratteristica. L’Irlanda \u00e8 quindi il Paese con la pi\u00f9 alta concentrazione di rossi naturali al mondo<\/strong>, seguita dalla Scozia.<\/p>\n

Il motivo \u00e8 genetico: le varianti mutate del gene MC1R, responsabili della pigmentazione rossa, si sono diffuse in modo particolare tra le popolazioni celtiche.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”02″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Halloween parla irlandese<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]S\u00ec, proprio cos\u00ec. Le origini di Halloween risalgono a 2.000 anni fa, al festival celtico\u00a0<\/strong>chiamato Samhain<\/em><\/strong> (si pronuncia pi\u00f9 o meno “sow-in”), che celebrava la fine dell’estate. Secondo la tradizione celtica, in quella notte il confine tra il mondo dei vivi e quello dei morti si assottigliava al punto da sparire del tutto.<\/p>\n

Per aiutare gli spiriti dei propri avi a ritrovare la strada<\/strong>, si accendevano candele e si preparavano dei pasti per convincerli a non spaventare i familiari. Con il tempo, la festa ha attraversato l’Atlantico, le candele sono state inserite nelle zucche intagliate e si \u00e8 trasformata nella versione commerciale e globalizzata che conosciamo oggi.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”03″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Ridi che ti passa<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Gli irlandesi vengono spesso associati al termine craic<\/em><\/strong> (si pronuncia “crack”), che si pu\u00f2 tradurre con “divertimento”, “conversazione brillante” e “buona compagnia”. Quando un irlandese ti chiede “What’s the craic?”, ti sta chiedendo come stai, cosa stai combinando, se c’\u00e8 qualcosa di interessante in giro.<\/p>\n

Gli irlandesi sono famosi per il loro umorismo nero<\/strong>, quella capacit\u00e0 di trovare qualcosa di comico anche nelle situazioni pi\u00f9 difficili. Non \u00e8 cinismo: \u00e8 una forma di resilienza culturale che viene da secoli di storia non proprio facile. Comici come Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan e, nelle ultime generazioni, Aisling Bea hanno trasformato questo stile in un marchio riconoscibile in tutto il mondo. 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Folletti, trifogli e cultura celtica<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Quando pensi all’Irlanda, probabilmente ti vengono in mente il leprechaun<\/em><\/strong> – il leggendario folletto dispettoso con il cappello verde – e il trifoglio (shamrock<\/em><\/strong>). Li conosci (molto probabilmente) dal merchandising di San Patrizio, la festa del santo patrono dell’Irlanda, festeggiato il 17 marzo in tutto il mondo, con birra verde e sfilate.<\/p>\n

Questi simboli arrivano direttamente dalle tradizioni celtiche, dove i leprechaun erano folletti maliziosi e il trifoglio era il simbolo con cui San Patrizio spiegava la Trinit\u00e0 cristiana. Che queste tradizioni siano ancora cos\u00ec vive lo dobbiamo in parte al poeta William Butler Yeats<\/strong>, uno dei pi\u00f9 grandi scrittori irlandesi di sempre. Fu tra i protagonisti della Celtic Revival<\/em><\/strong> – un insieme di movimenti che recuper\u00f2 e rilanci\u00f2 la cultura celtica in Irlanda e in Gran Bretagna.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Extra-Color-1″ text=”05″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Scrittori per vocazione<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Restando in ambito letterario, l’Irlanda detiene un record straordinario: \u00e8 il Paese con il maggior numero di Nobel per la Letteratura per abitante al mondo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Quattro vincitori in totale – W.B. Yeats (1923), George Bernard Shaw (1925), Samuel Beckett (1969) e Seamus Heaney (1995) – per un’isola che conta poco pi\u00f9 di 5 milioni di abitanti.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Extra-Color-1″ text=”06″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Di tradizioni birraie antiche<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Il titolo di pub pi\u00f9 antico del mondo<\/strong> appartiene a Sean’s Bar<\/strong> ad Athlone, nella contea di Westmeath. Il Guinness World Records ha certificato che risale al 900 d.C.<\/p>\n

Il pub \u00e8 ancora aperto, funzionante e pieno di gente! Se ci vai, non aspettarti qualcosa di patinato: \u00e8 piccolo, un po’ buio, con le pareti coperte di fotografie e cimeli. 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Un’impresa titanica<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text max_width=”600″]Il Titanic<\/strong>, la nave pi\u00f9 famosa della storia, non \u00e8 americano n\u00e9 inglese: \u00e8 stato progettato e costruito a Belfast<\/strong>, nei cantieri navali Harland & Wolff, tra il 1909 e il 1911. In realt\u00e0, Belfast \u00e8 la capitale dell’Irlanda del Nord, che fa parte del Regno Unito – quindi tecnicamente \u00e8 britannico, ma gli irlandesi non fanno troppi problemi a rivendicarlo.<\/p>\n

A Belfast oggi puoi visitare il museo del Titanic<\/strong> (si chiama Titanic Belfast), inaugurato nel 2012 nel centenario del naufragio, costruito proprio sul sito dei cantieri originali. Segue tutta la storia della nave, dal progetto iniziale al naufragio, con ricostruzioni interattive di cabine e ponti.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Extra-Color-1″ text=”08″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Un Paese serpenti-free<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]La leggenda dice che San Patrizio cacci\u00f2 tutti i serpenti dall’isola. La verit\u00e0 \u00e8 un po’ meno epica, ma ugualmente affascinante: i serpenti non sono mai arrivati in Irlanda<\/strong>. Tra glaciazioni e isolamento geografico, l\u2019unico rettile nativo dell\u2019Irlanda \u00e8 la lucertola vivipara<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Extra-Color-1″ text=”09″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Boicottare… una parola con una storia irlandese<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Quante volte hai usato il verbo “boicottare”? Questa parola arriva direttamente dall’Irlanda, pi\u00f9 precisamente da un signore di nome Charles Boycott<\/strong>, ex capitano dell’esercito britannico. Boycott amministrava delle terre per conto di un ricco lord irlandese ed era noto per trattare i contadini con estremo rigore.<\/p>\n

La sua comunit\u00e0 decise di rispondere in modo originale: nessuno gli parlava, nessuno lo serviva nei negozi, nessuno raccoglieva il suo raccolto. Un isolamento totale e pacifico<\/strong> che si rivel\u00f2 devastante. La storia fece il giro dell’Europa, il nome di Boycott divent\u00f2 sinonimo di quella tattica e da l\u00ec entr\u00f2 in tutte le lingue del mondo.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Extra-Color-1″ text=”10″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Gli inventori del piacere “sulle dita”<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Hai presente le patatine in busta aromatizzate<\/strong>? Anche queste vengono dall’Irlanda. Negli anni ’50, Joe “Spud” Murphy, proprietario dell’azienda irlandese Tayto, brevett\u00f2 la tecnica di aggiungere i condimenti direttamente durante la produzione delle patatine.<\/p>\n

Prima di lui, le chips erano sempre e solo salate. Il primo gusto che invent\u00f2 fu Cheese & Onion<\/em><\/strong> – formaggio e cipolla – che in Irlanda \u00e8 ancora oggi il gusto pi\u00f9 amato in assoluto.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f4f0eb” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_color=”#f4f0eb” shape_divider_position=”both” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”waves”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-left” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]\n

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Stai gi\u00e0 sognando di studiare all’estero? Scopri se fa per te.<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_btn size=”large” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Extra-Color-1″ icon_family=”none” text=”Scopri di pi\u00f9” url=”https:\/\/take-the-leap.wep.org\/it\/attitude-trail\/”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”11″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Le vere origini del Conte Dracula<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Bram Stoker<\/strong>, l’autore di Dracula (1897), \u00e8 nato e cresciuto a Dublino. Il romanzo \u00e8 ambientato in Transilvania, ma molte delle atmosfere gotiche e delle leggende folkloristiche che lo ispirano vengono dalla tradizione irlandese<\/strong>, in cui gli spiriti e i non morti hanno sempre avuto un ruolo importante.<\/p>\n

Stoker lavor\u00f2 per anni come critico teatrale a Dublino prima di trasferirsi a Londra, e le storie che aveva sentito da bambino – incluse quelle sul dearg-due<\/em><\/strong>, una sorta di vampiro femminile del folklore celtico – sembrano aver lasciato un segno profondo nella sua immaginazione.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”12″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Lo sport pi\u00f9 veloce del mondo<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]L’Irlanda ha il suo sport nazionale: si chiama hurling<\/em><\/strong>, \u00e8 stato inventato prima del 1.100 ed \u00e8 considerato lo sport di squadra pi\u00f9 veloce del mondo<\/strong> su prato. Il motivo \u00e8 semplice: la pallina – chiamata sliotar – pu\u00f2 raggiungere i 150 km\/h. Per fare un confronto, una pallina da tennis colpita da un professionista arriva a circa 220 km\/h in servizio, ma nel hurling quella velocit\u00e0 si raggiunge su un campo con 15 giocatori per squadra che si muovono contemporaneamente<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I giocatori usano un bastone di legno chiamato hurley e possono colpire la pallina in aria o da terra. Le regole sono complesse, i colpi spettacolari e le partite allo stadio un’esperienza visiva e sonora difficile da descrivere. Non a caso, l\u2019hurling \u00e8 una presenza costante nella vita di molti ragazzi e rappresenta anche un aspetto interessante da conoscere per chi vuole approfondire il sistema scolastico irlandese<\/strong><\/a>![\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”13″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Un fuso orario tutto suo<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]Fino al 1916, l’Irlanda aveva un fuso orario tutto suo: il Dublin Mean Time<\/em><\/strong> (DMT) era esattamente 25 minuti e 21 secondi indietro rispetto al Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
\nCon la prima guerra mondiale e la crescente necessit\u00e0 di coordinare gli orari dei treni e delle comunicazioni, l’Irlanda venne allineata al GMT. 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La nascita del duty-free<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]La prossima volta che compri qualcosa in un negozio duty-free in aeroporto, pensa che quella convenzione \u00e8 nata in Irlanda nel 1947<\/strong>, all’Aeroporto di Shannon, nella contea di Clare.<\/p>\n

All’epoca, gli aerei transatlantici non avevano abbastanza autonomia per volare direttamente dall’Europa agli Stati Uniti: dovevano fare scalo a Shannon per rifornirsi di carburante. Un imprenditore irlandese di nome Brendan O’Regan ebbe l’idea di aprire un negozio dove i passeggeri in transito potessero comprare merci senza\u00a0pagare dazi e imposte<\/strong>. Il concetto funzion\u00f2 cos\u00ec bene che si diffuse in tutti gli aeroporti del mondo.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_animated_title heading_tag=”h3″ style=”color-strip-reveal” color=”Accent-Color” text=”15″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]\n

Il percorso costiero pi\u00f9 lungo d’Europa<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” max_width=”600″]La Wild Atlantic Way<\/strong><\/em> \u00e8 una strada panoramica che percorre tutta la costa occidentale dell’Irlanda, dal Donegal a nord fino a Cork, a sud. Con i suoi 2.500 km di lunghezza, \u00e8 il percorso costiero pi\u00f9 lungo d’Europa.<\/p>\n

Il paesaggio che si vede \u00e8 incantevole: scogliere che si tuffano nell’oceano, onde impetuose che si infrangono sulle rocce, villaggi di pescatori dove il tempo sembra essersi fermato. Le Cliff <\/strong>of Moher<\/strong>, nella contea di Clare, sono tra le mete pi\u00f9 fotografate d’Europa e si trovano proprio lungo questo percorso.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome” icon_style=”default” icon_color_type=”color_scheme” icon_color=”Extra-Color-1″ icon_padding=”20px” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-binoculars”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Ti \u00e8 venuta voglia di partire?<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text max_width=”600″]Queste sono solo 15 delle tante storie che l’Irlanda ha da raccontare. Ma la verit\u00e0 \u00e8 che nessun articolo – per quanto lungo – riesce a restituire l’atmosfera di un pub con musica dal vivo<\/strong>, la bellezza del verde intenso dei prati, o la facilit\u00e0 con cui un irlandese qualsiasi ti attacca bottone e ti racconta la storia della sua vita.<\/p>\n

Per capire davvero questo Paese, il modo migliore resta sempre uno solo: andarci. Vivere in Irlanda – anche solo per un corso di inglese<\/strong><\/a> o per un intero anno scolastico all’estero<\/strong><\/a> – \u00e8 il modo migliore per conoscere davvero questo incredibile pezzo di mondo.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_asym”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″]

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