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Ireland, Republic of, British And Irish Political Geography
Related Category: British And Irish Political Geography
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Ireland, Republic of, Gaelic, Eire, republic (1995 est. pop. 3,550,000), 27,136 sq mi (70,282 sq km). It occupies all but the northeastern corner of the island of Ireland in the British Isles. (For physical geography and history to 1922, see Ireland.) From 1922 to 1937 the country was known as the Irish Free State, and from 1937 to 1949 as Eire. Dublin is the capital of the republic and by far its largest city.
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• John Bruton
• Carlow, county, Republic of Ireland
• Cavan, county, Ireland
• Clare
• Michael Collins
• Cork, city, Ireland
• Cork, county, Ireland
• Liam Cosgrave
• William Thomas Cosgrave
• Eamon De Valera
• Donegal, county, Republic of Ireland
• Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
• Dublin, county, Republic of Ireland
• Dundalk, town, Republic of Ireland
• DUn Laoghaire
• European Union
• Garrett FitzGerald
• Galway, city, Republic of Ireland
• Galway, county, Republic of Ireland
• Great Britain
• Charles James Haughey
• Home Rule
• Ireland
• Ireland, Northern
• Irish Republican Army
• Kerry
• Kildare
• Kilkenny, county, Republic of Ireland
• Laoighis
• Leitrim
• Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland
• Limerick, county, Republic of Ireland
• Longford, county, Republic of Ireland
• Louth, county, Republic of Ireland
• Jack Lynch
• Mayo
• Meath
• Monaghan, county, Ireland
• Offaly
• Roscommon, county, Republic of Ireland
• Albert Reynolds
• Sligo, county, Ireland
• Tipperary, county, Republic of Ireland
• Waterford, county, Republic of Ireland
• Waterford, town, Republic of Ireland
• Westmeath
• Wexford, county, Republic of Ireland
• Wicklow, county, Republic of Ireland
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