Northern Ireland is an industrialized country with manufactured goods comprising a large volume of its exports. Industries include engineering, shipbuilding vehicle manufacture, textiles, food and beverage process ing, and clothing. The service industry employs about two-thirds and manufacturing less than one-fifth of the country's workers The Irish are a mainly Celtic people Like welsh, they have a rich literary heritage which is apparent in their love of words. Many great writers of English literature were Irish or had an Irish background, like Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw etc Ⅱ. History Northern Ireland is a modern term, brought into existence by the British Parliament's government of Ireland Act of 1920. Before 1920 the region was referred to as Ulster. The word Ulster derives from the Ulaid the name of one of the celtic dynasties of prehistory. Though Northern Ireland is small, it is significant because of the political troubles there. Northern Irelands population is deeply divided along religious and political lines. The schism( between the Protestant majority and the Catholic minority extends deep into Northern Irelands past and has strongly influenced the regions culture, settlement patterns, and politics Ireland had been an independent kingdom before the Anglo-Norman invaders came in the 13th century. Like England, little is known for certain about prehistoric Ireland. By around 500 BC the people of Ireland, including Ulster, were Celts,a group that dominated most of central and northern Europe in the lst millennium BC. By the 8th century AD, the inhabitants of Ireland described themselves as Gaels According to tradition, Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland from Western Europe in the 5th century AD. Christianity developed in Ireland a century earlier thar it did among the anglo-Saxons in Great Britain. For some time irish Christianity also developed independently of mainstream Christianity in the rest of Europe, especially in matters of church organization5 Northern Ireland is an industrialized country, with manufactured goods comprising a large volume of its exports. Industries include engineering, shipbuilding, vehicle manufacture, textiles, food and beverage processing, and clothing. The service industry employs about two-thirds and manufacturing less than one-fifth of the country's workers. The Irish are a mainly Celtic people. Like welsh, they have a rich literary heritage which is apparent in their love of words. Many great writers of English literature were Irish or had an Irish background, like Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw etc. II. History Northern Ireland is a modern term, brought into existence by the British Parliament’s Government of Ireland Act of 1920. Before 1920 the region was referred to as Ulster. The word Ulster derives from the Ulaid, the name of one of the Celtic dynasties of prehistory. Though Northern Ireland is small, it is significant because of the political troubles there. Northern Ireland’s population is deeply divided along religious and political lines. The schism（分裂）between the Protestant majority and the Catholic minority extends deep into Northern Ireland’s past and has strongly influenced the region’s culture, settlement patterns, and politics. Ireland had been an independent kingdom before the Anglo-Norman invaders came in the 13th century. Like England, little is known for certain about prehistoric Ireland. By around 500 BC the people of Ireland, including Ulster, were Celts, a group that dominated most of central and northern Europe in the 1st millennium BC. By the 8th century AD, the inhabitants of Ireland described themselves as Gaels. According to tradition, Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland from Western Europe in the 5th century AD. Christianity developed in Ireland a century earlier than it did among the Anglo-Saxons in Great Britain. For some time Irish Christianity also developed independently of mainstream Christianity in the rest of Europe, especially in matters of church organization