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OTL equivalent: Republic of Ireland | ||||||
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| Anthem: Amhrán na bhFiann ("The Soldiers' Song") |
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 Location of Ireland (dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Dublin | |||||
| Other cities | Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda, Dundalk, Swords, Bray, Navan | |||||
| Official languages | Irish, English | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2011) | 84.5% White Irish
9.1% Other White 1.9% Asian / Asian Irish 1.4% Black / Black Irish 0.7% White Irish Traveller |
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| Demonym | Irish | |||||
| Membership | EU | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | Michael D. Higgins | ||||
| - | Taoiseach | Enda Kenny | ||||
| - | Tánaiste | Frances Fitzgerald | ||||
| Legislature | Oireachtas | |||||
| - | Upper house | Seanad | ||||
| - | Lower house | Dáil | ||||
| Independence from United Kingdom | ||||||
| - | Proclamation | 24 April 1916 | ||||
| - | Declaration | 21 January 1919 | ||||
| - | Anglo-Irish Treaty | 6 December 1921 | ||||
| - | 1922 Constitution | 6 December 1922 | ||||
| - | 1937 Constitution | 29 December 1937 | ||||
| - | The Republic of Ireland Act | 18 April 1949 | ||||
| - | Good Friday Agreement | 28 May 1998 | ||||
| EU accession | 1973 | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 70,273 km2 27,133 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 2 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2015 estimate | 4,635,400 | ||||
| - | 2016 census | 4,757,976 | ||||
| - | Density | 65.3/km2 169.1/sq mi |
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| Currency | Euro (€) |
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| Time zone | UTC 0 (UTC0) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | (UTCUTC+1) | ||||
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | left | |||||
| Calling code | +353 | |||||
| Patron saint | Saint Patrick | |||||
Ireland, unofficially the Republic of Ireland, is a state of the Southern Part of the Island of Ireland.
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