Template:Country data Ireland
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.
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
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}}
→
This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:{{Army|Ireland}}
→ Irish Army{{Flagicon|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) | IRE | Ireland |
EIR (view) | EIR | Ireland |
See What links here for a full list of redirects.
Example usage
Using a flag variant
{{Flag|Ireland|1783}}
→ Ireland{{Flagicon|Ireland|1783}}
→
Using a redirect alias
Related templates
Please see the following related country_data
templates:
- Template:Country data Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
- Template:Country data Southern Ireland Southern Ireland
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland
- Template:Country data Lordship of Ireland Lordship of Ireland
- Template:Country data Irish Free State Irish Free State
Other information
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|Republic of Ireland}}
This results in
{{flag|Ireland|1783}}
→ Ireland (use for Ireland as part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland){{flag|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (use for current state)
Sporting teams
Also, several sport-specific flag variants are maintained here, and these are automatically used by the respective sport team templates:
{{fb|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (football, 1882–1922){{fh|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (field hockey){{rl|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (rugby league){{ih|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour{{ru|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (rugby union){{cr|Ireland}}
→ Ireland (cricket){{quid|Ireland}}
→ File:Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg.svg Ireland (quidditch)
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 codes IRE and EIR are used as aliases for this template to provide similar convenience. For example:
{{flagicon|IRL}}
→{{flagicon|IRE|1783}}
→{{flagicon|IRE|4prov}}
→{{fb|IRL}}
→ Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team){{fb|IRE}}
or{{fb|EIR}}
→ Ireland (links to Ireland national football team (1882–1950))
Incorrect usage
Do not use the IRL alias for all-Ireland sports team, and do not use the IRE/EIR aliases without a flag variant specified. The following examples should not be used.
{{flagicon|IRE}}
→ (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.){{fh|IRL}}
→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 | Connacht |
Template:Country data Leinster | Leinster |
Template:Country data Munster | Munster |
Template:Country data Ulster | Ulster |
TemplateData
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.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |||
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No parameters specified |