
Ireland
Updated: Sep 30, 2022
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Country Name
Ireland.
Location
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic, located in Western Europe.
It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.
Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world.
Ireland shares land borders with only one country, the United Kingdom.

Capital
Dublin.
Reason for Naming the country
The name evolved over many centuries from the old Irish word for a Goddess; Ériu, as she was called, has been described as the matron Goddess of ancient Irish mythology, a goddess of sovereignty, or simply a goddess of the land.
Flag
The first use of the Irish flag was on March 7, 1848, during the Young Irelander Rebellion which strived to oppose British rule.
It had become more popular after 1916 when Irish republicans declared independence and it was accepted as the national flag in 1920.
The national flag of Ireland is composed of three vertical stripes of Green, White, and orange.
The Green color represents Irish nationalism, the Orange color represents Ireland’s Protestant minority, white color represents lasting peace between the two cultures on the island of Ireland, Catholic and Protestant.
*Flag Facts:
- The Ivory Coast flag is extremely similar to the Irish tricolor, but the difference is in the order of the colors.
-Throughout Northern Ireland, there are different flags and symbols flown throughout communities to mark territories.
- The tricolor flag of today was banned in Northern Ireland under the Flags and Emblems Display Act of 1954.
