Ireland (disambiguation)
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Ireland may refer to:
- Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe, comprised of:
- Republic of Ireland, a present-day state occupying most of the island
- Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, occupying the north-eastern one sixth of the island
[edit] Former political entities
- Irish Free State, the name of the state comprising 26 of Ireland's 32 counties
- Southern Ireland, the 26-county Irish state envisaged by the Government of Ireland Act 1920
- Irish Republic, the unilaterally declared independent state between 1919 and 1922, also sometimes used to describe the current Republic of Ireland
- 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
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the name of the state that Ireland formed part of between 1801 and 1922
- See also: Names of the Irish state
[edit] Other places
- Ireland, Bedfordshire, England
- Ireland, Shetland, Scotland
- Ireland Island, Bermuda, the northwesternmost island in the chain which comprises Bermuda
- Ireland, West Virginia, USA
- New Ireland, in Papua New Guinea
[edit] People
- 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 plays
[edit] Other
- Empress of Ireland which sank in 1914 with a loss of 1012 lives.
- The Irish Republic (book), a history book by Dorothy Macardle
[edit] See also
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