Template:Country data Ireland/doc

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|Ireland (state)}}

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) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour
• {{ih|Ireland}} → Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour
• {{ru|Ireland}} → Ireland (generates no flag as the flag used by the IRFU is non-free and cannot be used in this template, see WP:RUIRLFLAG)
• {{cr|Ireland}} → Ireland (generates no flag as the flag used by Cricket Ireland is non-free and cannot be used in this template)

Note that this template does NOT include the flag used for cricket and rugby union, as those flags are copyrighted images and cannot be used in flag templates per WP:Non-free content criteria.

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 code IRE is used as an alias 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}} → 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 alias 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