{"id":345,"date":"2012-10-22T23:04:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T23:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:29:46","slug":"the-basic-facts-on-ireland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/ireland-history-facts\/the-basic-facts-on-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basic Facts on Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland is an island with no snakes. It sites north-west of continental Europe. Ireland is the third largest Island in Europe and the 20<sup>th<\/sup> largest Island on planet earth. Ireland is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National Day of Ireland:<\/strong> St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital &amp; Largest City:<\/strong> Dublin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Population:<\/strong> 4,250,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>GDP:<\/strong> $172,300,000,000 (USD)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Area:<\/strong><br \/>\n27,135 (sq miles)<br \/>\n70,280 (sq kilometers)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest Point:<\/strong> Carrauntoohil<\/li>\n<li><strong>Currency:<\/strong> euro (EUR)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of Provinces in Ireland:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\n<li><strong>Names of the 4 Provinces in Ireland:<\/strong> Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connacht<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of Counties in Ireland:<\/strong> 32 (26 in The Republic of Ireland and 6 in Northern Ireland)<\/li>\n<li><strong>26 Counties in The Republic of Ireland:<\/strong> Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow<\/li>\n<li><strong>6 Counties in Northern Ireland<\/strong>: Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Armagh, and Derry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Official Language of Ireland:<\/strong> Ireland has 2 official languages, Gaelic, know as the first official language and English. Most official documents are published in both, but from a legal perspective Gaelic takes precedence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>4 Symbols of Ireland:<\/strong> Shamrock, Round Tower, Harp and Irish Wolfhound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links with additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stats on Ireland and Different Counties in Ireland: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statoids.com\/uie.html\">http:\/\/www.statoids.com\/uie.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Central Statistics of Ireland: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cso.ie\/en\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.cso.ie\/en\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland is an island with no snakes. It sites north-west of continental Europe. Ireland is the third largest Island in Europe and the 20th largest Island on planet earth. Ireland is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea. National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/ireland-history-facts\/the-basic-facts-on-ireland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":341,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2050,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345\/revisions\/2050"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stpatricksday.com\/spdc_content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}