Portal:Ireland/Intro

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Ireland (Éire in Irish, Airlann in Ulster Scots) is the third-largest island in Europe. Ireland is situated in the Atlantic Ocean and is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea. It is composed of the Republic of Ireland which covers five sixths of the island (south, east, west and north-west) and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island. The population of the island is approximately 6 million people.