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.

File:Flag of Ireland.svg

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`	File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg	`Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg`
`green`	File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg	`Green harp flag of Ireland.svg`
`4prov`	File:Four Provinces Flag.svg	`Four Provinces Flag.svg`
`football`	File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg	`Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg`
`rugby union`	File:IRFU flag.svg	`IRFU flag.svg`
`hockey`	File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg	`Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg`
`cricket`	File:Flag of Cricket Ireland.svg	`Flag of Cricket Ireland.svg`
`military`	File:Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg	`Flag_of_the_Irish_Defence_Forces.svg`
`coast guard`	File:Coast Guard Flag (Ireland).svg	`Coast Guard Flag (Ireland).svg`
`navy`	File:Irish Naval Service Colour.svg	`Irish Naval Service Colour.svg`
`air force`	File:Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg	`Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg`
`army`	File:Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg	`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)	File:Flag of Ireland.svg IRE	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
`EIR` (view)	File:Flag of Ireland.svg EIR	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Ireland}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
{{flagicon|Ireland}} → Republic of Ireland
{{flagcountry|Ireland}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Ireland|1783}} → File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland
{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} → Ireland

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|IRE}} → Republic of Ireland
{{flagcountry|IRE}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
{{flag|IRE}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg IRE

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|Ireland}} → File:Irish Naval Service Colour.svg Irish Naval Service

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

{{air force|Ireland}} → File:Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg Irish Air Corps
{{flagicon|Ireland|air force}} → Ireland

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

{{Armed forces|Ireland}} → File:Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg Irish Defence Forces
{{flagicon|Ireland|military}} → Ireland

This template includes a navy flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Ireland}} → File:Irish Naval Service Colour.svg Irish Naval Service
{{flagicon|Ireland|navy}} → Ireland

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

{{coast guard|Ireland}} → File:Coast Guard Flag (Ireland).svg Irish Coast Guard
{{flagicon|Ireland|coast guard}} → Ireland

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

{{army|Ireland}} → File:Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg Irish Army
{{flagicon|Ireland|army}} → Ireland

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: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> alias = Republic of Ireland </syntaxhighlight> This results in

{{flag|Ireland|1783}} → File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland (use for Ireland as part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
{{flag|Ireland}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg 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}} → File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland (football, 1882–1922)
{{fh|Ireland}} → Template:Fh (field hockey)
{{rl|Ireland}} → File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland (rugby league)
{{ih|Ireland}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour
{{idh|Ireland}} → Template:Idh (indoor hockey)
{{ru|Ireland}} → File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland (rugby union)
{{cr|Ireland}} → File:Flag of Cricket Ireland.svg Ireland (cricket)
{{quid|Ireland}} → Template:Quid (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}} → Republic of Ireland
{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} → Ireland
{{flagicon|IRE|4prov}} → Ireland
{{fb|IRL}} → File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team)
{{fb|IRE}} or {{fb|EIR}} → File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg 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}} → Republic of Ireland (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.)
{{fh|IRL}} → ~~Template:Fh~~ (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	File:Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Template:Country data Leinster	File:Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Template:Country data Munster	File:Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Template:Country data Ulster	File:Flag of Ulster.svg 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

<templatedata> {

 "description": "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.",
 "params": {}

} </templatedata>

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