Official Name: Ireland
Capital City: Dublin
Population: 4,203,200 (July 2009 est.)
Government: republic, parliamentary democracy
Languages: English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) is spoken mainly in areas along the western coast: Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry, Cork, and Waterford
Location: Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain