Ireland

island in the North Atlantic Ocean
Landform island Q22890
Ireland
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Summary

Ireland is an island[1]. Ireland ranks in the top 0.014% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,651 views/month, #1 of 7,296).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Ireland[3], United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5], Irish Sea[6], St George's Channel[7], North Channel[8]
  • Continent: Europe[9]
  • Instance of: cultural region[10]
  • Part of: British Isles[11], Celtic nations[12]
  • Commons category: Ireland[13]
  • Highest point: Carrauntoohil[14]
  • Located in/on physical feature: British Isles[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ireland[16]
  • Population: 7,185,600[17]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Ireland[18]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[19], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Svensk uppslagsbok, 1st edition[22]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ireland[23]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ireland[24]
  • Demonym: Ire[25], Iren[26], Irin[27], Irinnen[28]
  • Driving side: left[29]
  • Native label: Éire[30], Ireland[31], Airlann[32]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Ireland[33]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Ireland[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:Irish people[35], Category:People of Ireland[36]
  • Different from: Ireland[37], Northern Ireland[38]
  • Length: 450 km[39]
  • Area: 84,421 km²[40]
  • Width: 260 km[41]
  • History of topic: history of Ireland[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Ireland include Ireland[43], a sovereign state[44], in Ireland[45], founded in 1937[46]; Irish Sea[47], a sea[48], in United Kingdom[49]; Irish Gambit[50], a gambit[51]; and Collectio Hibernensis[52], a canonical collection[53], founded in 0744[54].

Why It Matters

Ireland has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Ireland is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for Ireland include Ireland[43], a sovereign state[44], in Ireland[45], founded in 1937[46]; Irish Sea[47], a sea[48], in United Kingdom[49]; Irish Gambit[50], a gambit[51]; and Collectio Hibernensis[52], a canonical collection[53], founded in 0744[54].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . chartsbin.com. chartsbin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as',
    P14470 → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Ireland"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 8143
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 8143, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480084|IRELAND (#167480084)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  4. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Latin place names id → h/hiberniae
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Latin place names id: h/hiberniae, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293215400|Hiberniae (#293215400)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7983|Latin Place Name"
  5. 15w ago · Thomas Kerboul (BGE) · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Continent → Europe
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Economy of topic → economy of Ireland
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ Idref id: 02726369X"
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