Rental Car Ireland
Rental Car Ireland (map) may be the best way to enjoy the “Emerald Isle”. Rental Car Ireland affords easy access to the island the Romans called Hibernia and Scotia. Ireland has one of the oldest known field systems in the world. Dated at some five thousand years, the Céide Fields would have been under cultivation before the building of the pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge. The climate at that time was much warmer, with an almost year round growing season.
As a result of prevailing Atlantic Westerlies, Ireland’s climate is insular and temperate, avoiding extremes. Typically, Ireland has a mild but changeable climate all year. A long cold spell persisted until about 9,000 years ago, and most of Ireland was buried under ice. Sea-levels were lower then, and Ireland, as well as neighboring Britain were part of continental Europe.
Having become an island shortly after the last Ice Age, Ireland has fewer animal and plant species than either Britain or mainland Europe. Only 31 mammal species are native to Ireland. Ireland has no snakes and only one reptile is native to the country – the common lizard. The majority of species have been introduced from abroad, most by accident, some deliberately.
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