Template:Country data Ireland/doc
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This template is intended to be used for all-Ireland instances, usually resulting in a wikilink to Ireland (article about the island) instead of Republic of Ireland (article about the sovereign nation).
However, it is often convenient to use {{flag icon|Ireland}} and {{flag|Ireland}} instead of {{flag icon|Republic of Ireland}} and {{flag|Republic of Ireland}} respectively, so this template differs from the standard format in order to accommodate that usage. The alias parameter changes depending on whether or not a flag variant is used by the parent template call:
alias = {{#if:{{{variant|}}}|Ireland|Republic of Ireland}}
This results in
{{flag|Ireland|1783}}→ File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland (use for Ireland as part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland){{flag|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (use for current state)
Sporting teams
[edit source]Also, several sport-specific flag variants are maintained here, and these are automatically used by the respective sport team templates:
{{fb|Ireland}}→ File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland (football, 1882–1922){{fh|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland (field hockey){{rl|Ireland}}→ File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland (rugby league){{ih|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (ice hockey) — all-Ireland team that uses the tri-colour{{idh|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland (indoor hockey){{ru|Ireland}}→ File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland (rugby union){{cr|Ireland}}→ File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland (cricket){{quid|Ireland}}→ File:Flag of Quidditch Ireland.svg Ireland (quidditch)
Use of country code aliases
[edit source]The standard country code for the Republic of Ireland is IRL, so it can be used as an alias for Template:Country data Republic of Ireland. The non-standard country codes IRE and EIR are used as aliases for this template to provide similar convenience. For example:
{{flag icon|IRL}}→ Republic of Ireland{{flag icon|IRE|1783}}→ Ireland{{flag icon|IRE|4prov}}→ Ireland{{fb|IRL}}→ File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland (links to Republic of Ireland national football team){{fb|IRE}}or{{fb|EIR}}→ File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland (links to Ireland national football team (1882–1950))
Incorrect usage
[edit source]Do not use the IRL alias for all-Ireland sports team, and do not use the IRE/EIR aliases without a flag variant specified. The following examples should not be used.
{{flag icon|IRE}}→ Republic of Ireland (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.){{fh|IRL}}→File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland(Use{{fh|IRE}}instead)
Other flags
[edit source]Country_data templates are also available for each of the four traditional provinces of Ireland:
