Ireland is an island situated west of Great Britain. The island is separated in two, the Republic of Ireland or Eire and Northern Ireland or Ulster that is part of the United Kingdom. Land of ghosts and wind Ireland is a welcoming land where you could participate to several festivals as St Patrick the Irish national day; Galway Early Music Festival; Galway Races (horse races); the Folk and traditional Musics of Ballyshannon, and many others. Mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast.