Category:Ireland

The  of Ireland is a sea-bound land-mass, and part of the, located in north-western . Historically governed in its entirety by the  (UK), the island was partitioned in the early part of the 20th century. The six counties in the north-east of the island known as Ulster remained part of the UK, becoming a constituent country known as Northern Ireland (NI), and a part of the larger 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' (UK & NI). The remaining counties of the larger southern regions of the island became a self-governing independent republic country, officially known as the Republic of Ireland (RoI, Eire, abbr: ie). Following Brexit, the Republic of Ireland will remain a full member state of the  (EU), whilst Northern Ireland will leave the EU at the same time as the United Kingdom.


 * ''External links
 * Commonwealth Legal Information Institute – Ireland — free access to Commonwealth and Common Law, at CommonLII.org