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Ireland
Éire
Timeline: Scotland says "Yes"
OTL equivalent: Republic of Ireland
Flag of Ireland Coat of arms of Ireland
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: 
Amhrán na bhFiann ("The Soldiers' Song")
Irelandssy
Location of Ireland (dark green)

– in Europe (green & dark grey)

– in the European Union (green)
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
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 
 -  Water (%) 2
Population
 -  2015 estimate 4,635,400 
 -  2016 census 4,757,976 
 -  Density 65.3/km2 
169.1/sq mi
Currency Euro ()
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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