Template:Country data Republic of Ireland

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Template:Country data Republic of 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
`1937`		`Flag of Ireland (WFB 2000).png`
`2004`		`Flag of Ireland (WFB 2004).gif`
`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}} → Irish Naval Service

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

{{air force|Republic of Ireland}} → Irish Air Corps
{{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}} → Irish 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
`IRL` (view)	IRL	Ireland

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Republic of Ireland}} → Republic of Ireland
{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} →
{{flagcountry|Republic of Ireland}} → Ireland

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Republic of Ireland|1937}} → Republic of Ireland
{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland|1937}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|IRL}} →
{{flagcountry|IRL}} → Ireland
{{flag|IRL}} → IRL

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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TemplateData for Country data Republic of 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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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