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www.hantra.com/Ireland |
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Ireland1@hantra.com |
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Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain |
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total: 70,280 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km
land: 68,890 sq km |
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3,924,140 (July 2003 est.) |
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Celtic, English |
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Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998) |
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English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard |
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purchasing power parity - $113.7 billion (2002 est.) |
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food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and crystal; software |
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