قالب:Country data Ireland/doc

This template is intended to be used for all-Ireland instances, usually resulting in a wikilink to Ireland (the island) instead of Republic of Ireland (the nation). Specifically, several sport-specific flag variants are maintained here, and these are automatically used by the respective sport team templates:

• {{fb|Ireland}} → أيرلندا (football, 1882-1922)
• {{cr|Ireland}} → أيرلندا (cricket)
• {{ru|Ireland}} → أيرلندا (rugby union)
• {{rl|Ireland}} → قالب:Rl (rugby league)
• {{fh|Ireland}} → أيرلندا (field hockey)
• {{ih|Ireland}} → أيرلندا (ice hockey)

However, it is often convenient to use {{flagicon|Ireland}} and {{flag|Ireland}} instead of {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} and {{flag|Republic of Ireland}} respectively, so this template differs from the standard format in order to accommodate that usage. The alias parameter changes depending on whether or not a flag variant is used by the parent template call:

alias = {{#if:{{{variant|}}}|Ireland|Republic of Ireland}}

This results in

• {{flag|Ireland|1783}} → أيرلندا (use for Ireland as part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
• {{flag|Ireland}} → أيرلندا (use for current state)

 Use of country code aliases

The standard country code for the Republic of Ireland is IRL, so it can be used as an alias for Template:Country data Republic of Ireland. The non-standard country code IRE is used as an alias for this template to provide similar convenience. For example:

• {{flagicon|IRL}} →
• {{flagicon|IRE|1783}} →
• {{flagicon|IRE|rugby}} →
• {{fb|IRL}} → أيرلندا (links to Republic of Ireland national football team)
• {{fb|IRE}} → أيرلندا (links to Ireland national football team (1882 to 1950))
• {{ru|IRE}} → أيرلندا (links to Ireland national rugby union team)

 Incorrect usage

Do not use the IRL alias for all-Ireland sports team, and do not use the IRE alias without a flag variant specified. The following examples should not be used.

• {{flagicon|IRE}} → (Works, but better to use the standard country code for IRL.)
• {{cr|IRL}} → أيرلندا (Use {{cr|IRE}} instead)
• {{ru|IRL}} → أيرلندا (Use {{ru|IRE}} instead)
• {{fh|IRL}} → أيرلندا (Use {{fh|IRE}} instead)

 Other flags

Country_data templates are also available for each of the four traditional provinces of Ireland:

Template:Country data Connacht	كنوت
Template:Country data Leinster	لينستر
Template:Country data Munster	مونستر
Template:Country data Ulster	ألستر