Template:Country data Ireland/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Country data Ireland (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is intended to be used for all-Ireland instances, usually resulting in a wikilink to Ireland (the island) instead of Republic of Ireland (the nation). Specifically, 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)
{{cr|Ireland}} → Ireland (cricket)
{{ru|Ireland}} → Ireland (rugby union)
{{rl|Ireland}} → Ireland (rugby league)
{{fh|Ireland}} → Ireland (field hockey)
{{ih|Ireland}} → Ireland (ice hockey)

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)

[edit] 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 code IRE is used as an alias for this template to provide similar convenience. For example:

{{flagicon|IRL}} →
{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} →
{{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} →
{{fb|IRL}} → Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team)
{{fb|IRE}} → Ireland (links to Ireland national football team (1882 to 1950))
{{ru|IRE}} → Ireland (links to Ireland national rugby union team)

[edit] Incorrect usage

Do not use the IRL alias for all-Ireland sports team, and do not use the IRE alias 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.)
{{cr|IRL}} → ~~Ireland~~ (Use {{cr|IRE}} instead)
{{ru|IRL}} → ~~Ireland~~ (Use {{ru|IRE}} instead)
{{fh|IRL}} → ~~Ireland~~ (Use {{fh|IRE}} instead)