Template:Country data Ireland

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Documentation

This template is intended to be used for all-Ireland instances, usually resulting in a wikilink to Ireland (article about the island) instead of Republic of Ireland (article about the sovereign nation).

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|Ireland (state)}}

This results in

Sporting teams

Also, several sport-specific flag variants are maintained here, and these are automatically used by the respective sport team templates:

  • {{fb|Ireland}}22x20px Ireland (football, 1882–1922)
  • {{fh|Ireland}}22x20px Ireland (field hockey)
  • {{rl|Ireland}}22x20px Ireland (rugby league)
  • {{ih|Ireland}}22x20px Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour
  • {{ru|Ireland}}
    русский: Ireland
    (rugby union)
  • {{cr|Ireland}}
    Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ: Ireland
    (cricket) — renders no flag because the flag used by Cricket Ireland is non-free

Note that this template does not include flag images for cricket and rugby union, as those flags are copyrighted images and cannot be used in templates per WP:Non-free content criteria.

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:


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}}23x15px (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.)
  • {{fh|IRL}}22x20px Ireland (Use {{fh|IRE}} instead)


Other flags

Country_data templates are also available for each of the four traditional provinces of Ireland:

Template:Country data Connacht 23x15px Connacht
Template:Country data Leinster 23x15px Leinster
Template:Country data Munster 23x15px Munster
Template:Country data Ulster 23x15px Ulster