Template:Country data Ireland/doc
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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 {{flag icon|Ireland}} and {{flag|Ireland}} instead of {{flag icon|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:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
alias = Republic of Ireland
</syntaxhighlight>
This results in
{{flag|Ireland|1783}}→ File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg 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}}→ File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland (football, 1882–1922){{fh|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland (field hockey){{rl|Ireland}}→ File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland (rugby league){{ih|Ireland}}→ Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour{{idh|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland (indoor hockey){{ru|Ireland}}→ File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland (rugby union){{cr|Ireland}}→ File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland (cricket){{quid|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Quidditch Ireland.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:
{{flag icon|IRL}}→{{flag icon|IRE|1783}}→ Ireland{{flag icon|IRE|4prov}}→ Ireland{{fb|IRL}}→ Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team){{fb|IRE}}or{{fb|EIR}}→ File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg 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.
{{flag icon|IRE}}→ (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.){{fh|IRL}}→{{fh|IRE}}instead)
Other flags
Country_data templates are also available for each of the four traditional provinces of Ireland:
