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Template:Country data Ireland

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Template:Country data Ireland is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1783		Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg
green		Green harp flag of Ireland.svg
4prov		Four Provinces Flag.svg
football		Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg
rugby union		IRFU flag.svg
hockey		Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg
indoor hockey		Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg
cricket		Cricket Ireland flag.svg
quidditch		Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg
military		Flag_of_the_Irish_Defence_Forces.svg
coast guard		Coast Guard Flag (Ireland).svg
navy		Irish Naval Service Colour.svg
air force		Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg
army		Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg

Redirect aliases

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output
IRE (view)	IRE	Ireland
EIR (view)	EIR	Ireland

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|Ireland}} →  Ireland
• {{flagicon|Ireland}} →
• {{flagcountry|Ireland}} →  Ireland

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Ireland|1783}} →  Ireland
• {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|IRE}} →
• {{flagcountry|IRE}} →  Ireland
• {{flag|IRE}} →  IRE

Military ensigns

This nation's naval flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

• {{naval|Ireland}} →  Irish Naval Service
  

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

• {{air force|Ireland}} →  Irish Air Corps
• {{flagicon|Ireland|air force}} →
  

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

• {{Armed forces|Ireland}} →  Irish Defence Forces
• {{flagicon|Ireland|military}} →
  

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|Ireland}} →  Irish Naval Service
• {{flagicon|Ireland|navy}} →
  

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

• {{coast guard|Ireland}} →  Irish Coast Guard
• {{flagicon|Ireland|coast guard}} →
  

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

• {{army|Ireland}} →  Irish Army
• {{flagicon|Ireland|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
• Template:Country data Southern Ireland Southern Ireland
• Template:Country data Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland
• Template:Country data Lordship of Ireland Lordship of Ireland
• Template:Country data Irish Free State Irish Free State

Other information

This template is intended to be used for all-Ireland instances, usually resulting in a wikilink to Ireland (article about the island) instead of Republic of Ireland (article about the sovereign nation).

However, it is often convenient to use {{flagicon|Ireland}} and {{flag|Ireland}} instead of {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} and {{flag|Republic of Ireland}} respectively, so this template differs from the standard format in order to accommodate that usage. The alias parameter changes depending on whether or not a flag variant is used by the parent template call:

alias = {{#if:{{{variant|}}}|Ireland|Republic of Ireland}}

This results in

• {{flag|Ireland|1783}} →  Ireland (use for Ireland as part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
• {{flag|Ireland}} →  Ireland (use for current state)

Sporting teams

Also, several sport-specific flag variants are maintained here, and these are automatically used by the respective sport team templates:

• {{fb|Ireland}} →  Ireland (football, 1882–1922)
• {{fh|Ireland}} →  Ireland (field hockey)
• {{rl|Ireland}} →  Ireland (rugby league)
• {{ih|Ireland}} →  Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour
• {{idh|Ireland}} →  Ireland (indoor hockey)
• {{ru|Ireland}} →  Ireland (rugby union)
• {{cr|Ireland}} →  Ireland (cricket)
• {{quid|Ireland}} →  Ireland (quidditch)

Use of country code aliases

The standard country code for the Republic of Ireland is IRL, so it can be used as an alias for Template:Country data Republic of Ireland. The non-standard country codes IRE and EIR are used as aliases for this template to provide similar convenience. For example:

• {{flagicon|IRL}} →
• {{flagicon|IRE|1783}} →
• {{flagicon|IRE|4prov}} →
• {{fb|IRL}} →  Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team)
• {{fb|IRE}} or {{fb|EIR}} →  Ireland (links to Ireland national football team (1882–1950))

Incorrect usage

Do not use the IRL alias for all-Ireland sports team, and do not use the IRE/EIR aliases without a flag variant specified. The following examples should not be used.

• {{flagicon|IRE}} → (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.)
• {{fh|IRL}} →  Ireland (Use {{fh|IRE}} instead)

Other flags

Country_data templates are also available for each of the four traditional provinces of Ireland:

Template:Country data Connacht	Connacht
Template:Country data Leinster	Leinster
Template:Country data Munster	Munster
Template:Country data Ulster	Ulster

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