Ireland (irl)

Ireland

Ireland ranks 1,927th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bijelo Polje, Hvidovre, and Ashkelon. Memorable people born in Ireland include John Scotus Eriugena, Harald Gille, and Saint Gall. Memorable people who died in Ireland include Günther Prien. Ireland has been the birth place of many religious figures, and writers and the death place of many military personnels. Ireland is located in Ireland.

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland, an independent state covering five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia