Etiquette and etiquette of the Irish in social occasions and guests meet, generally customary to shake hands as a gift. In the meeting with friends and family, most are accustomed to kissing the cheek or stick cheeks two or three times instead of shaking hands, in order to show mutual warmth and friendship.
General Etiquette It is customary for guests to pay for the use of the telephone.
Appointments and Punctuality Business meetings should be pre-arranged, but remember that the Irish are not very time conscious.
Hospitality and Gifts If invited to an Irish home, flowers or chocolates for the hostess are welcome, and if invited to dinner, a bottle of wine or cheese is a suitable gift. It is not usual to give gifts at business events.
Conversation Avoid talking about religion or politics. Customs and taboos 1. visit the Irish public and private institutions, must be arranged in advance, do not venture; 2. Ireland's business etiquette is more similar to the United Kingdom, they emphasize punctuality and politeness, and like to add titles when addressing. Such as they often use "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss" "Dr.", "Professor" and so on to address each other; 3. In the relationship with the Irish businessman, clothing should not be fashionable, it is appropriate to wear a conservative style of suit, when attending business meetings, men should wear a well-fitting suit and tie, women in suits or woolen sportswear. However, in the daytime dating activities do not have to wear a dress, wear a blouse with a tie on the line; but when attending evening receptions, it is best to wear a tuxedo; 4. invited to the home of the Irish businessman as a guest, please bring flowers or sweets as a gift; 5. attending a business meeting do not be late for more than 5 minutes, but when your date after 20 minutes, you should not be surprised; 6. meeting with a male business representative, to shake hands and say "I'm sorry, I'm sorry". When you meet a male business representative, shake hands and say "hello" or "nice to meet you", and when you meet a female business representative, smile and wait for her to extend her hand.
Business conversation taboos Irish tolerance, cheerful, talkative, but there are some topics to be avoided. Such as the Northern Ireland issue, the Anglo-Irish Agreement, Britain's attitude to Ireland, the Irish **** and the Army, the feminist movement and religious issues. Also do not casually criticize the British Northern Ireland terrorist-Irish *** and Army (ERA); because, Ireland has originally been under British colonial rule, now Northern Ireland, although still belongs to the United Kingdom, but disputes with the British authorities, often bloody, many Irish businessmen in support of Northern Ireland's secession from the United Kingdom, so that, from the point of view of national feelings Do not get involved in the conflict between Britain and Ireland.
Irish business etiquette, it is appropriate to wear a conservative style of suit at any time to visit public and private institutions, must be booked first appointment; when you are invited to the other side of the home dinner, there is no need to be surprised, because most of the commercial dinners are still in the restaurant, store in the completion of the; do not smoke at the dinner table, the other side is likely to recognize this as a breach of etiquette.
The Irish love green, avoid the red, white and blue combination (the colors of the British flag).
Irish celebrities:
U2
U2 were one of the most highly regarded great bands of the 1980s in the UK and Ireland, having begun their musical career in a Dublin school in 1977.By the summer of 1984 U2 had stepped up to the forefront of rock's elite, having toured the globe and completed the album The Joshua Tree, which was released in 1987 and cemented U2's position as one of the most famous bands in the world. The album, which topped the charts in both the UK and the US, embodied a promising new musical paradigm that complemented U2's "soul-searching" lyrics. The familiar theme of saving the soul runs through U2's work, particularly in "With Or Without You," "I Still Haven''''t Found What I''''m Looking For" and "I Still Haven''''t Found What I''''m Looking For. I Still Haven''''t Found What I''''m Looking For, both of which topped the U.S. charts.
Westlife
The Westlife Boys are a famous band from Ireland, and on April 9, 1999, Westlife's debut single, "Swear it Again," was released after a brief publicity campaign, and reached the top of the U.K. singles charts as soon as it was released. Shortly after, the second single "If I Let You Go" and the third "Flying Without Wings" topped the charts, making Westlife the first band in British music history to have three consecutive No.1 singles, not only surpassing Boyzone, who they had warmed up for. In November 1999, Westlife released their self-titled debut album, which went 4 and 12 platinum, conquering the UK and Ireland, and selling a staggering 7 million copies worldwide. The album was soft and lyrical, with an unprecedented five number one singles: "Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", "I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" (double hit single) and "Fool Again". "I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" was a song of double significance as it stayed at the top of the charts for four weeks, making it the UK's last number one single of the 20th Century and the first No.1 of the new century.Across the Atlantic "Swear It Again" reached No.2 on the Billboard sales charts in the US. No. 2, and the Westlife lads' marvelous musical talent was proven in the home of pop music.
Enya
Born in Ireland on May 17, 1961 as Eithne Ni Bhraonain, Enya spent her childhood in Gweedore, County Donegal, in the north-west of the country, and her second album with Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, Watermark, was a chart-topping hit. charts as soon as it was released. The first single from the album, 'Orinoco Flow', quickly became a UK chart-topping single. Watermark also reached number two on the New Age Albums Chart. The album has since sold over 8 million copies worldwide*** and tens of millions to date, and the album has since gone platinum in 14 countries.
Pierce Brosnan - "James Bond"
Brosnan was born in Ireland on May 16, 1952, and at the age of eighteen, he attended drama school, and after graduating, he began acting in television series, taking part in a series of television series in the United Kingdom and the United States. Later, he became famous for playing the famous movie character James Bond? Bond and became famous all over the world.
Major works:
1999 The World is Not Enough (The World is Not Enough)
1999 Skyrocket (Thomas Crown Affair)
1997 The Sky Is Falling (Dante''''s Peak)
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
1996 Robinson Crusoe
1996 Mars Attacks!
1994 Love Affair
The Cranberries
The Cranberries are one of the greatest alternative rock bands in the history of Ireland, formed in May 1990, with the band's debut album, Everybody Elesis Doing it,so Why Can''''t We?" was a huge success, and by the time their second album, "No need to Argue," was released, the Cranberries were a world-class band, and, thanks to vocalist Dolores, many people were committed to copying her original pharyngeal vocal technique (like Faye Wong and many other famous female singers abroad). and many other famous female singers abroad). It's worth noting that all of The Cranberries' songs are centered around the theme of peace. They sing about the children who have died in wars and the people who have lost their homes. They stick to their own style of music and never go with the flow.
Boyzone
Boyzone are Ireland's most successful idol group and Europe's most successful boyband since Take That. They had six number one singles on the Irish charts, outpacing B*Witched's four and U2's three to reach number one.
Miss Ireland Rosanna. Davidson - Miss World 2003 Winner
On December 6, 2003, at the 53rd Miss World Finals held in Sanya, Hainan, "Miss Ireland" Rosanna Davidson was crowned Miss Ireland. Davidson with its beauty, sensitive answers and elegant style won the "Miss World" crown
George Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1925
George Bernard Shaw (1925) was the first writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist. Born in Dublin, Ireland.
George Bernard Shaw began his literary career as a novelist, but his outstanding achievement was in the theater, "his plays have made him the most fascinating writer of our time" (award speech). 1885-1949 nearly 64 creative years, he **** completed 51 plays.
After entering the 20th century, George Bernard Shaw's creative work entered a peak, published the famous plays Man and Superman (1903), Major Barbara (1905), The House of Heartsorrows (1913), Joan of Arc (1923), The Applecart (1929), and The Truth is Revealed (1932), The Sudden Appearance of the Fools on the Island (1936) etc. Of these, Joan of Arc was an unparalleled success, recognized as his best historical drama and "the highest peak of the poet's creativity" (award).
Shaw's outstanding playwriting activity not only earned him the title of "the Molière of the 20th century", but also "for the idealism and humanity of his work, and for the unique poetic beauty often inherent in its inspiration and satire", he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925 for his work.
William. William Butler Yeats - 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature W.B. Yeats - 1923 Nobel Laureate in Literature
William Burtler. William Butler Yeats - 1923 Nobel Laureate in Literature William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet and playwright. Born in Dublin to a family of painters, Yeats loved the art of poetry and painting from a young age. 1884, he studied at the Dublin School of Art, but soon against his father's wishes, he abandoned the canvas and oils, and devoted himself to poetry, and in 1888, he met George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and others in London. In 1888, he met George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde in London, and his famous poems include "The Isle of Inverurie" (1892) and "When You Are Old" (1896), etc. In 1899, Yeats started to found the Irish National Theatre with Mrs. Gregory and John Synge, etc. Synge and others began to found the Irish National Theater activities, and formally established the Abbey Cinema in 1904. During this period, he wrote a number of plays reflecting the history of Ireland and the life of the peasants, the main poems and dramas include Catherine of Hurley Trace (1902), Dairyland (1907), etc., and other collections of poems, such as The Wind in the Reeds (1899), In the Seven Forests (1903), Green Helmets (1910), and Responsibility (1914), etc. He also published a multivolume collection of poems and essays. The Complete Poems.
In 1921, when Ireland became independent, Yeats became a senator, and in 1923, Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his always inspired poems, which, through their high artistic form, have raised the spirit of a whole nation".
Samuel Beckett - 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. Samuel Beckett - 1969 Nobel Laureate in Literature
Samuel Beckett (born 1962) was the first writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), born in Dublin, Ireland, to a Jewish father, a surveyor, and a devout mother, graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1927 with a master's degree in French and Italian, and in 1928 went to teach at the école Normale Supérieure in Paris and the University of Paris, where he became acquainted with the Irish novelist James Joyce. In 1928, he taught at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris.
Beckett's achievements in the theater are particularly noteworthy, with major plays such as Waiting for Godot, The End of the Play (1957), Pantomime I (1957), The Last Game (1957), The Last Tape (1958), The Wreckage (1959), Pantomime II (1959), The Good Old Days (1961), The Song and the Music Score (962), and The Songs and the Music Score (962), and The Songs and the Music Score (962), and The Songs and the Music Score (962). (1961), Songs and Scores (962), and Cascendo (1963), among others. His famous work Waiting for Godot caused a sensation when it was performed in Paris in 1953, and it was performed for more than three hundred times, becoming one of the most popular plays on the French stage after the war. Beckett became famous for this and became a popular figure in the French literary world. Because of "his novels and plays of peculiar form, so that modern people from the spiritual sleepy to get uplifted", 1969 Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Seamus Heaney - 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Seamus Heaney - Nobel Prize for Literature, 1995
Seamus Heaney (1897-1965) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet. Heaney was born in County Derry, County Mawthorn, in the north of Ireland, into a Catholic, farming family. Heaney received a formal English education from a young age, and graduated with first class honors from the English Department of Queen's University Belfast in 1961; in 1995, Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his poems, which "have a lyrical beauty and an ethical depth that sublimate the wonders of everyday life and the living past".
James Joyce - Ulysses. Joyce - Author of Ulysses
On February 2, 1882, James Joyce, the author of Ulysses, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, into a middle-class family in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. His father had nationalist convictions and his mother was a devout Catholic. Joyce specialized in philosophy and languages at the University of Dublin from 1898 to 1902. Joyce's literary career began with a collection of short stories, Dubliners, which he began writing in 1904. Joyce believed that there were three stages of literary development: lyric, narrative, and drama. The dramatic stage is the highest and most perfect stage, in which the writer does not intervene in the events, and is no longer lyrical, but "like the Creator, hidden behind and beyond his creation, unseen and transcendent," allowing the characters to live freely in scenes without the author's intervention, and directly displaying their own spiritual worlds, and at the same time allowing the reader to directly enter into the depths of the characters' souls. The reader is also allowed to enter directly into the depths of the character's soul. This is the literary goal that Joyce pursued. His masterpiece is the world famous Ulysses. Joyce's literary achievements have made a great contribution to the creation of modern English literature.
Jonathan Swift. Swift - Author of Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift (1667-1867), the author of Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), the famous English satirist, was born in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Trinity College, Dublin. Gulliver's Travels is his masterpiece.