Ireland (disambiguation)

From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Ireland may mean:

• Ireland [r]: Republic (population c. 4.2 million; capital Dublin) comprising about 85% of the Atlantic island of Ireland, west of Great Britain. [e]
• Ireland (island) [r]: An island to the west coast of Great Britain, comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [e]

See also:

• Northern Ireland [r]: Part of the United Kingdom comprising six of the nine counties of the Irish province of Ulster; population about 1,800,000. [e]
• the Irish language [r]: A Goidelic Celtic language spoken mainly on the island of Ireland and in Canada. [e]
• Counties of Ireland [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Kingdom of Oriel [r]: An ancient kingdom situated in southern and central Ulster. [e]
• Easter Rising [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ulster Unionism [r]: Ideology that favours the maintenance or strengthening of the political and cultural ties between Ireland and Great Britain. [e]
• Home Rule party [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Irish Free State [r]: Dominion of the British Empire between 1922-1948. Formed following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ended with the declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1948. [e]
• Irish War of Independence [r]: The conflict between the forces of the provisional government of the Irish Republic and Britain which took place between January 1919 and July 1921. [e]
• Irish Civil War [r]: Add brief definition or description