Template:Country data Ireland

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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.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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`		`Green harp flag of Ireland.svg`
`4prov`		`Four Provinces Flag.svg`
`football`		`Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg`
`rugby union`		`IRFU flag.svg`
`hockey`		`Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg`
`cricket`		`Cricket Ireland flag.svg`
`military`		`Flag_of_the_Irish_Defence_Forces.svg`
`coast guard`		`Coast Guard Flag (Ireland).svg`
`navy`		`Irish Naval Service Colour.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg`

Military ensigns

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

{{navy|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}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{Armed forces|Ireland}} → Error creating thumbnail: Irish Defence Forces
{{flagicon|Ireland|military}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{naval|Ireland}} → Error creating thumbnail: Irish Naval Service
{{flagicon|Ireland|navy}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{coast guard|Ireland}} → Error creating thumbnail: Irish Coast Guard
{{flagicon|Ireland|coast guard}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

{{army|Ireland}} → Error creating thumbnail: Irish Army
{{flagicon|Ireland|army}} → Error creating thumbnail:

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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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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.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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