Ireland (disambiguation)
Location of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Ireland usually refers to:
- Ireland, an island in western Europe, and the countries located on it:
- Republic of Ireland, or Ireland (Irish: Éire), a sovereign state that comprises about five-sixths of the island
- Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom that comprises the north-eastern sixth of the island
Ireland may also refer to:
Former political arrangements of Ireland
- Irish Free State, a dominion from 1922 to 1937, comprising briefly all of Ireland and thereafter 26 of the island's 32 counties
- Irish Republic, an unrecognised independent state declared between 1919 and 1922
- Irish Republic (1916), a short-lived unrecognised independent state that existed in parts of Dublin during Easter Week
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom until 1922, during which all of Ireland was part of the state
- Ireland (1801–1921), a constituent country of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1921
- Southern Ireland (1921–22), a constituent country of the United Kingdom from 1921 to 1922, established on the same day as Northern Ireland
- Kingdom of Ireland, a state from 1541 to 1800
- Lordship of Ireland, a nominally all-island state created in the wake of the Norman invasion of the east coast of Ireland in 1169
- Gaelic Ireland, the political order that existed in Ireland before the Norman invasion
Terminology
- Names of the Irish state
- Éire, the Irish name for the island of Ireland and the sovereign state of the same name
Other places
- Ireland, Bedfordshire, England
- Ireland, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Ireland, Indiana, United States
- Ireland, West Virginia, United States
- Ireland Island, Bermuda
- New Ireland (island), Papua New Guinea
- New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
People
- Alexander Ireland (journalist) (1810–1894), Scottish journalist
- Alexander Ireland (1901–1966), British boxer
- Alleyne Ireland (1871–1951), British traveller and author
- Andy Ireland (born 1930), American politician
- Anthony Ireland (disambiguation)
- Betty Ireland (born 1946), American politician
- Bill Ireland (1927–2007), American college sports coach
- Billy Ireland (1880–1935), American cartoonist
- Brian Ireland (born 1980), American drummer
- Colin Ireland (born 1954), British serial killer
- Danny Ireland (born 1990), Australian football player
- David Ireland (disambiguation)
- David Ireland (artist) (1930–2009), American artist
- David Ireland (author) (born 1927), Australian novelist
- David Ireland (colonel) (1832–1864), American soldier
- Doug Ireland (born 1946), American journalist
- Gary Ireland (born 1961), Australian cricketer
- Innes Ireland (1930–1993), Scottish race car driver
- Jake Ireland (born 1946), Canadian football referee
- Jeff Ireland, American football administrator
- Jill Ireland (1936–1990), English actress
- John Ireland (disambiguation)
- John Ireland (politician) (1827–1896), American politician
- John Ireland (archbishop) (1838–1918), American religious leader and academic
- John Ireland (composer) (1879–1962), English composer
- John Ireland (actor) (1914–1992), Canadian actor
- John de Courcy Ireland (1911–2006), Irish historian and activist
- Kathy Ireland (born 1963), American model, actress, author, and entrepreneur
- Kenny Ireland (born 1947), Scottish director and actor
- Kylie Ireland (born 1970), American pornographic actress and radio show host
- Marin Ireland, American actress
- Mike Ireland (born 1974), Canadian speed skater
- Patricia Ireland (born 1945), American feminist and administrator
- Paul Ireland (born 1970), Scottish actor
- Samuel Ireland (1744–1800), British author
- Stephen Ireland (born 1986), Irish footballer
- Tim Ireland (born 1953), American baseball player
- Walter Ireland (1923–2010), American politician
- William Henry Ireland (1775–1835), English forger of Shakespearean documents and plays
Other
- RMS Empress of Ireland an ocean liner which sank in 1914
See also
- MOS:Ireland-related articles
- Irish (disambiguation)
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