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Ireland, also
known as the Republic of Ireland, is a country in
north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties
of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is
Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 40% of
the country's population of 5 million people resides in
the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its
only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of
the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the
Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St
George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to
the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. |