Republika Irlandii
IRELAND (EIRE)
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: occupies southern, central and northwestern part of the island of Ireland
AREA: 70,273 square km
POPULATION: about 4.9 million
POLITICAL DIVISION: 28 counties and 3 cities
CAPITAL: Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath)
CHIEF CITIES: Cork, Limerick (Luimneach), Dun Laoghaire, Galway, Waterford
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Carrantuohill (1041 m.)
CHIEF RIVERS: Bann, Boyne, Shannon, Barrow
CHIEF LAKE: Conn, Mask, Ree
PATRON SAINT: Saint Patrick
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: March 17th (St. Patrick's Day)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Irish, English
CURRENCY: Euro (previously: Irish pound)
POPULAR SPORTS: soccer; gaelic football; hurling
FAMOUS IRISHMEN: George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Pierce Brosnan, William Butler Yeats, Jonathan Swift, U2, etc.
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: harp, shamrock (trefoil) / colors: blue, green