Template:Country data Ireland

Template documentation

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.

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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		Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg
green	40px	Green harp flag of Ireland.svg
4prov	40px	Four Provinces Flag.svg
football		Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg
rugby union	40px	IRFU flag.svg
hockey	40px	Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg
cricket	40px	Cricket Ireland flag.svg
military	40px	Flag_of_the_Irish_Defence_Forces.svg
coast guard	40px	Coast Guard Flag (Ireland).svg
navy	40px	Irish Naval Service Colour.svg
air force	40px	Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg
army	40px	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)	IRE	Ireland
EIR (view)	EIR	Ireland

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|Ireland}} → Ireland
• {{flagicon|Ireland}} →
• {{flagcountry|Ireland}} → Ireland

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Ireland|1783}} → Ireland
• {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|IRE}} →
• {{flagcountry|IRE}} → Ireland
• {{flag|IRE}} → IRE

Military ensigns

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

• {{naval|Ireland}} → Irish Naval Service
  

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

• {{air force|Ireland}} → Irish Air Corps
• {{flagicon|Ireland|air force}} →
  

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

• {{Armed forces|Ireland}} → Irish Defence Forces
• {{flagicon|Ireland|military}} →
  

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

• {{navy|Ireland}} → Irish Naval Service
• {{flagicon|Ireland|navy}} →
  

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

• {{coast guard|Ireland}} → Irish Coast Guard
• {{flagicon|Ireland|coast guard}} →
  

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

• {{army|Ireland}} → Irish Army
• {{flagicon|Ireland|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland
• Template:Country data Southern IrelandSouthern Ireland
• Template:Country data Kingdom of IrelandKingdom of Ireland
• Template:Country data Lordship of IrelandLordship of Ireland
• Template:Country data Irish Free StateIrish Free State

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TemplateData for Country data Ireland

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.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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