Country guide

Ireland

Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Ireland.

Outline map shape of Ireland
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Flag of Ireland

Key facts

Capital
Dublin
Region
Europe
Area
70,273 km²
Population
5,458,600

Neighboring countries

Ireland has 1 land neighbors in the country data.

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Dublin is Ireland's capital. Ireland's constitution names Irish as the country's first official language, with English recognized as the second.

Ireland covers 70,273 square kilometers, bordering only the United Kingdom, its largest neighbor. The Cliffs of Moher rise as high as 214 meters above the Atlantic Ocean along Ireland's western coast.

Newgrange, a passage tomb in Ireland's Boyne Valley built around 3100 BC, predates both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Trivia

  • Ireland's Skellig Michael preserves an early monastery on a steep Atlantic rock.
  • The Cliffs of Moher rise as high as 214 metres above the Atlantic Ocean along Ireland's western coast.
  • Newgrange, a passage tomb in Ireland's Boyne Valley, was built around 3100 BC, making it older than both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza.
  • Irish legend holds that Saint Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity while converting the Irish to Christianity.
  • The Irish Constitution names Irish as the first official language of Ireland, with English recognised as the second.

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