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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

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Republic of Ireland`	Main article name (Republic of Ireland)
`shortname alias`	`Ireland`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of Ireland.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Ireland.svg, shown on right)

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

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

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:

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

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Ireland in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Ireland

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

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