Explore Ireland in Europe - Ireland Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Ireland with its capital Dublin is located in Europe (Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 70,281 square kilometres (slightly larger than West Virginia) with 4,156,000 citizens. English and Irish are the the languages spoken by people in Ireland. United Kingdom is a bordering country.

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About Ireland

The terrain offers mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains having sea cliffs on west coast. The average density of population is about 59 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate maritime with modified by North Atlantic Current, mild winters, cool summers, consistently humid, overcast about half the time. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Ireland dial +353 prior to a number. There are 2,080,000 installed telephones. And there are 4,871,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ie". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 4 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Ireland

European Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Ireland Tourism

Tourism Centre
Suffolk Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

Phone: +353 1 6057700

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne

The three main prehistoric sites of the Brú na Bóinne Complex, Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, are situated on the north bank of the River Boyne 50 km north of Dublin. This is Europe's...

Skellig Michael

This monastic complex, perched since about the 7th century on the steep sides of the rocky island of Skellig Michael, some 12 km off the coast of south-west Ireland, illustrates the very spartan...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Ireland

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Ireland is growing at an rate of 1.1% (or by 46,879 citizens). Each year 19,806 people enter this country (or 4.70 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.64%. Or an total increase of 27,074 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.