- Ireland (disambiguation)
Ireland may refer to:
*Ireland , an island in northwestern Europe, on which are located:
**Republic of Ireland , a present-day state, consisting of most of the island
**Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom, consisting of the north-eastern one sixth of the islandFormer political entities
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Gaelic Ireland , the political order that existed in Ireland prior to the Norman invasion
*Irish Free State , the name of the state comprising 26 of Ireland's 32 counties
*Irish Republic , the unilaterally declared independent state between 1919 and 1922, also sometimes wrongly used to describe the current state
*Kingdom of Ireland , the name given to the Irish state from 1541, by an act of the Parliament of Ireland
**King of Ireland , its ruler
*Lordship of Ireland , a nominally all-island Irish state created in the wake of the Norman invasion of the east coast of Ireland in 1169
*Southern Ireland , the 26-county Irish state envisaged by the Government of Ireland Act 1920
*United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , the name of the state that Ireland formed part of between 1801 and 1922Irish Ireland
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Éire
*Irish (disambiguation) Other derivatives
Place names
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Ireland, Bedfordshire , a village in England
*Ireland, Indiana , United States
*Ireland, West Virginia , United States
*Ireland Island, Bermuda , the northwesternmost island in the chain which comprises Bermuda
*New Ireland (island) , in Papua New GuineaPeople named
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Alexander Ireland , a British welterweight professional boxer
*Andy Ireland , a US Representative from Florida
*Anthony Ireland , an ex-Zimbabwean cricketer
*Betty Ireland , the current Secretary of State of West Virginia
*Brian Ireland , the drummer for Something Corporate
*Colin Ireland , a British serial killer known as the "Gay Slayer" because he specifically murdered gay men
*Doug Ireland , an American journalist and blogger
*Innes Ireland , a Scottish military officer, engineer, and race car driver
*Jill Ireland , an English actress
*John Ireland :
**John Ireland (politician) , a Governor of Texas
**John Ireland (archbishop) , a university founder from St Paul, Minnesota
**John Ireland (composer) , an English composer
**John Ireland (actor) , an Academy Award-nominated actor and sometime film director
**John Ireland (scientist) , a Manhattan Project and World War II veteran
**John Ireland (barrister) , an Australian barrister
**John de Courcy Ireland , an Irish maritime historian and political activist
*Kathy Ireland , an American supermodel, actress, author, and entrepreneur
*Kylie Ireland , an American pornographic actress and radio show host
*Mike Ireland , a long track speed skater
*Patricia Ireland , a U.S. administrator and feminist
*Stephen Ireland , an Irish footballer
*William Henry Ireland , a forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and playsOther names
* RMS "Empress of Ireland" which sank in 1914 with a loss of 1012 lives
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