Geography

     The island of Ireland has a span of more than 84,421 km ², of which five sixths belong to the Republic of Ireland, making up the remainder of Northern Ireland. It is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of the northern canal in the east by the Irish Sea and the southeast and south by the canal of St. George and the Celtic Sea. The west coast of Ireland mostly consists of cliffs, hills and low mountains.The interior of the country is predominantly composed of relatively flat farmland, traversed by rivers such as the Shannon and punctuated by several large lakes, the Loughs. The center of the country is part of the River Shannon watershed, and contains large areas of fen, used for peat production. The climate temperadoda island is modified by North Atlantic Current and is relatively mild.Summers are rarely very hot, but rarely get very cold in winter.Precipitation is very common, with up to 275 days of rain per year in some parts of the country. Major cities are the capital Dublin on the east coast, Cork in the south west coast eLimerick Galway and Waterford on the southeast coast.