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| Amhr�n na bhFiann The Soldier's Song In Irish Seo dhibh a ch�irde duan �glaigh, Cathr�imeach briomhar ceolmhar, �r dtinte cn�mh go buacach t�id, 'S an sp�ir go min r�altogach Is fonnmhar faobhrach sinn chun gleo 'S go ti�nmhar gl� roimh th�ocht do'n l� F� chi�nas chaomh na hoiche ar seol: Seo libh cana�dh Amhr�n na bhFiann. Curf�: Sinne Fianna F�il A t� f� gheall ag �irinn, buion d�r slua Thar toinn do r�inig chugainn, F� mh�id bheith saor. Sean t�r �r sinsir feasta N� fhagfar f�'n tior�n n� f�'n tr�il Anocht a th�am sa bhearna bhaoil, Le gean ar Ghaeil chun b�is n� saoil Le guna screach f� l�mhach na bpil�ar Seo libh cana�dh Amhr�n na bhFiann. |
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| Ireland is an island of 84,288 sq km (32,544 square miles). Ireland was separated from the European mainland after the last Ice Age. As a result the island has a smaller range of flora and fauna than is found elsewhere in Europe. |
| In 1841, shortly before the Great Famine, the area comprising the present Irish State had a population of over 6.5 million. The next census (1851) showed a massive decline to 5.1 million for the same area, due to deaths from starvation and disease and large-scale emigration. The outflow thus begun became a dominant feature of the population pattern over the succeeding years. |
| The religion of most people in Ireland (Republic) is Roman Catholic. |
| The badge of Ireland, used mainly by international sportsmen and teams, is the Shamrock. Tradition has it that the patron Saint of Ireland, St Patrick, explained the mystery of the Christian trinity by using the trefoil shamrock to demonstrate it. The national holiday is St Patrick's Day, the 17th of March. |
| Cois b�nta r�idhe, ar �rdaibh sl�ibhe, Ba bhuachach �r sinsir romhainn, Ag l�mhach go tr�an f�'n s�r-bhrat s�in T� thuas sa ghaoith go seolta Ba dh�chas riamh d'�r gcine ch�idh Gan iomp�il siar � imirt �ir, 'S ag si�l mar iad i gcoinne n�mhad Seo libh, cana�dh Amhr�n na bhFiann. Curf� A bhu�on n�ch fann d'fhuil Ghaeil is Gall, Sin breacadh lae na saoirse, Ta sc�imhle 's scanradh i gcro�the namhad, Roimh ranna laochra �r dtire. �r dtinte is tr�ith gan spr�ach anois, Sin luisne ghl� san sp�ir anoir, 'S an b�obha i raon na bpil�ar agaibh: Seo libh, cana�dh Amhr�n na bhFiann. Curf� |
| The Irish Coat of arms is described as "a harp or, stringed argent, on a field azure." The harp has been used in the coat of arms of Ireland since medieval times. |
| Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The national parliament (in the Irish language, Oireachtas) consists of the President (an tUachtar�n) and two Houses: a House of Representatives (D�il �ireann) and a Senate (Seanad �ireann). |