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.

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 above 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`		`Flag of Cricket Ireland.svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the Irish Air Corps.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|Republic of Ireland}} → Template:Navy

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

{{air force|Republic of Ireland}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland|air force}} →

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

{{army|Republic of Ireland}} → Template:Army
{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland|army}} →

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`)`	Template:Country data IRE	Flag of None.svg
`EIR (`view`)`	Template:Country data EIR	Flag of None.svg

Example usage

{{flag|Republic of Ireland}} → Template:Country data Republic of Ireland
{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} →
{{flagcountry|Republic of Ireland}} → Flag of None.svg

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Republic of Ireland|1783}} → Template:Country data Republic of Ireland
{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland|1783}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|IRE}} →
{{flagcountry|IRE}} → Flag of None.svg
{{flag|IRE}} → Template:Country data IRE

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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