Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), [a] is a country in Northwestern Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. [4]

4 天之前 · Ireland is a country of western Europe occupying five-sixths of the westernmost major island of the British Isles. The country is noted for a rich heritage of culture and tradition that was linked initially to the Irish language. Its capital city is Dublin.

The country is sometimes called the Republic of Ireland to distinguish it from the island. It is a member of the European Union. The republic's capital is Dublin. Cork is the second largest city in the country and the third largest on the island of Ireland. The population of Ireland is 4.9 million. English is the main language spoken.

In 1949, only 26 counties explicitly became a republic under the terms of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, definitively ending its tenuous membership of the British Commonwealth. In 1973 the Republic of Ireland joined the European Communities (EC) as a member state which would later become the European Union (EU).

2025年3月27日 · John A. Costello emerged as the leader of an interparty government led by his own party, Fine Gael. Costello introduced the Republic of Ireland Act, which repealed the External Relations Act of 1936 and ended the fiction of Commonwealth membership.

4 天之前 · The Irish republic is a parliamentary democracy. Its constitution was promulgated in 1937 and can be amended through a referendum. The country’s head of state, the president (uachtarán), is elected directly by the public for a term of seven years and is eligible for reelection for a second term.

2025年3月27日 · On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act came into force, proclaiming Ireland a fully sovereign republic and cutting its last ties to the British Crown. This wasn’t a fleeting moment but the culmination of centuries of defiance—from the blood-soaked streets of Dublin in 1916 to the guerrilla shadows of the War of Independence.

2025年2月7日 · Ireland emerged from the conflict that marked its birth as an independent state to become one of Europe's economic success stories in the final decade of the 20th Century.

2020年4月18日 · Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), [a] is a country in Northwestern Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. [4] .

2023年8月1日 · The Republic of Ireland, or simply Ireland, is a Western European country located on the island of Ireland. It shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom, to the north. To the east, it borders the Irish Sea, which connects to …