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Northern Ireland

part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
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Summary

Northern Ireland is a constituent country of the United Kingdom[1]. It draws 53,057 Wikipedia views per month (constituent country of the united kingdom category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United Kingdom[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Head of government: Michelle O'Neill[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Instance of: integral overseas territory[7], stateless nation[8], country[9]
  • Capital: Belfast[10]
  • Official language: English[11], Irish[12]
  • Currency: pound sterling[13]
  • Shares border with: County Cavan[14], County Donegal[15], County Leitrim[16], County Monaghan[17], County Louth[18], Ireland[19]
  • Basic form of government: constitutional monarchy[20], parliamentary monarchy[21]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Fermanagh and Omagh[22], Derry City and Strabane[23], Mid Ulster[24], Causeway Coast and Glens[25], Mid and East Antrim[26], Antrim and Newtownabbey[27], Ards and North Down[28], Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon[29], Lisburn and Castlereagh[30], Newry, Mourne and Down[31], Belfast[32]
  • Legislative body: Northern Ireland Assembly[33]
  • Executive body: Northern Ireland Executive[34]
  • Part of: Ireland[35]
  • Commons category: Northern Ireland[36]
  • Patron saint: Saint Patrick[37]
  • Has seal, badge, or sigil: Great Seal of Northern Ireland[38]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[39], Europe/Belfast[40], UTC+01:00[41]
  • Telephone country code: +35348[42], +4428[43]
  • Inception: May 8, 1921[44]
  • Highest point: Slieve Donard[45]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Ireland[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Northern Ireland[47]
  • Commons gallery: Northern Ireland[48]
  • Population: 1,852,168[49], 1,810,863[50], 1,862,100[51], 1,903,200[52]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Northern Ireland include Northern Irish[53], a human population[54], in United Kingdom[55].

Why It Matters

Northern Ireland has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for it include Northern Irish[53], a human population[54], in United Kingdom[55].

Related Entities

Aaron Hughes Alex Higgins Belfast Brendan Rodgers Chris Baird Chris Brunt City of Ember Colin Morgan Conor Bradley country Craig Cathcart Danny Blanchflower David Healy David Trimble Departments of Government Dracula Untold flag of Northern Ireland Game of Thrones Gareth McAuley George Best Harry Gregg Institute of Public Health In the Name of the Father Ireland James McClean John Hume Jonny Evans Kate Devlin Kyle Lafferty Labour '87

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . rte.ie. rte.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . United Kingdom Census 2011. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . nisra.gov.uk. nisra.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . 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. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The independent topic id → northern-ireland
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The independent topic id: northern-ireland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214130725|Northern Ireland (#214130725)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7171|"
  2. 18d ago · CameoJewel · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'a
    Fandom article id → united-kingdom:Northern_Ireland, unitedkingdom:Northern_Ireland, europe:Northern_Ireland +3
    Sitelink count → 230
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: marvel:Northern_Ireland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324090402|Northern Ireland (#324090402)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8466"
  3. 25d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000431
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: E0000000431"
  4. 8w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → united-kingdom:Northern_Ireland, unitedkingdom:Northern_Ireland, europe:Northern_Ireland +3
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 181, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/c02b8d8f9d16|details]])"
  5. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → northern-ireland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: northern-ireland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956003|northern ireland (#289956003)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  6. 17w ago · LadyData · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Northern_Ireland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Northern_Ireland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293241217|Northern Ireland (#293241217)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  7. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Michelle O'Neill
    Svkkl authority id → g0004699-Severni-Irsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0004699-Severni-Irsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  8. 23w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → united-kingdom:Northern_Ireland, unitedkingdom:Northern_Ireland, europe:Northern_Ireland +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||af, gn, mg, la, nds-nl, lij, stq, bs, lld, vec, tpi, zea, vo, ka, xmf, da, cbk-zam, kbp, gv, ur, oc, kw, sl, fy, ban, cdo, bh, kge, uz, wa, bar, nap, zh-min-n"
  9. 23w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → united-kingdom:Northern_Ireland, unitedkingdom:Northern_Ireland, europe:Northern_Ireland +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: united-kingdom:Northern_Ireland"
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