Template:Country data Ireland

Template documentation

This template contains data that applies to the island of Ireland. For the sovereign state, see Template:Country data Republic of Ireland.

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		Flag of Cricket Ireland.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	{{flag country|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
• {{flag icon|Ireland}} →
• {{flag country|Ireland}} → Ireland

Using a flag variant

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

Using a redirect alias

• {{flag icon|IRE}} →
• {{flag country|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
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|Ireland|military}} →
  

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

• {{navy|Ireland}} → Irish Naval Service
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|Ireland|coast guard}} →
  

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

• {{army|Ireland}} → Irish Army
• {{flag icon|Ireland|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland
• Template:Country data Southern IrelandSouthern Ireland
• Template:Country data Kingdom of IrelandKingdom of Ireland
• Template:Country data Lordship of IrelandLordship of Ireland
• Template:Country data Irish Free StateIrish Free State

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

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