Ireland

Ireland (Irish: Éire or Éirinn) was an island off the northwestern coast of the Europe, continent on Earth. Its capital city was Dublin.
Ireland was also the name of a country on this island. The island was divided for some time, with the north-east being held by Old Britain. In 2024, Ireland was reunifed as a result of violence used as a political instrument. This event became known as the Irish Unification of 2024. () 
Ireland's flag was three vertical bands of green, white, and orange. ()
In 2143, the Ariane 1 assignment patch, which was on display in the 602 Club, bore the flag of ESA member Ireland. ()
In 2151, the students of the fourth grade class at Worley Elementary School in the Irish town of Kenmare, County Kerry sent Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew aboard letters with questions about day-to-day life and operations on the starship. ()
Kevin Riley was born in Ireland. While under the influence of the Psi 2000 intoxication, he demonstrated his national pride by singing and making situationally inappropriate remarks. ()
Finnegan was an Irishman who bullied James T. Kirk at Starfleet Academy around 2252. ()
Miles O'Brien was born in Ireland in 2328. His family lived in Dublin when O'Brien served aboard Deep Space 9. () When he met Danilo Odell, the pair warmly recognized each other as fellow Irishmen, though O'Brien was prevented from sharing whiskey with Odell due to Captain Picard's entrance. ()
O'Brien claimed to be a descendant of the Irish king Brian Boru. ()
In 2373, Enrique Muniz told O'Brien that Ireland did not have mountains, it had hills. ()
Kathryn Janeway's dog Mollie was an Irish Setter, a breed of dog native to Ireland. ()
In 2376, Kathryn Janeway and other members of the crew enjoyed visiting Fair Haven (Cuan Soineanta in Irish), a holodeck creation of a 19th century Irish village. Tom Paris created the simulation. Janeway stated that she had interest in Irish culture. Neelix was considering several Irish dishes for the occasion, such as blood pudding, creamed cabbage and mutton. ()
=== Locations ===
*County Clare
**Doolin
**Fair Haven (holodeck creation)
**Holy Island
**Kilkee
**Killalow
**Taumgraney
*County Dublin 
**Clontarf
**Dublin
***Trinity College
*County Galway
**Galway
*County Kerry
**Kenmare
*County Derry
**Derry
==Culture==
*Languages
**Irish language
*Literature:
** Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
** The Song of the Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats
** Ulysses by James Joyce
** George Bernard Shaw
** Samuel Beckett
** The limerick was named for a city in Ireland
* Music:
** "The Minstrel Boy" was sometimes sung by Miles O'Brien
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