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Ireland (Éire) in other languages: names, Dublin and the 26 counties

Ireland is Éire in Irish, with Irish and English as official languages and the ISO codes IE, IRL and 372. The tables give the name in 191 languages and Dublin, Baile Átha Cliath, in 97, followed by the 26 counties in Irish and English and the Irish text of the anthem.

Official languagesIrish (Gaeilge), English

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

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alpha-2: IE
alpha-3: IRL
numeric: 372

Éire Irish · Latin

Ireland English · Latin

English: Ireland
Capital: Baile Átha CliathDublinBaile Átha Cliath · Dublin

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Ireland in other languages: list of exonyms

Ireland in 191 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Hausa, Swahili	eng / hau / swa	Ireland	same as written
Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, Galician, Interlingua, Italian, Ladin, Maltese, Occitan, Portuguese, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Albanian, Sardinian, Tetum	arg / ast / cat / cos / eus / glg / ina / ita / lld / mlt / oci / por / roh / ron / rup / scn / spa / sqi / srd / tet	Irlanda	same as written
French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Jersey Norman French, Novial, Walloon	fra / frp / fur / jnf / nov / wln	Irlande	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Slovenian	dsb / hrv / hsb / slv	Irska	same as written
Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch	afr / lim / nld	Ierland	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak	crh / gag / kaa	İrlandiya / Ирландия	İrlandiya
Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	dan / nor / swe / deu / ltz / nds	Irland	same as written
Faroese, Icelandic, Old Norse	fao / isl / non	Írland	same as written
Indonesian, Javanese, Polish	ind / jav / pol	Irlandia	same as written
Greenlandic, Lingala	kal / lin	Irlandi	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	kin / run	Irilande	same as written
Turkish, Zazaki	tur / zza	İrlanda	same as written
Aymara	aym	Irlandiya	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	İrlandiya / Ирландија	İrlandiya
Bambara	bam	Irilandi	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Irska / Ирска / اٖىرسقا	Irska
Breton	bre	Iwerzhon	same as written
Czech	ces	Irsko	same as written
Cornish	cor	Iwerdhon	same as written
Kashubian	csb	Irlandzkô, Irlandëjô, Jirlandzkô, Jirlandiô	same as written
Welsh	cym	Iwerddon	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Irlando	same as written
Estonian	est	Iirimaa, Iiri	same as written
Finnish	fin	Irlanti	same as written
Kven	fkv	Irlanti, Irlanni	same as written
North Frisian	frr	Irlönj	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Ierlân	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Èirinn	same as written
Irish	gle	Éire	same as written
Manx	glv	Nerin	same as written
Guarani	grn	Ilandia	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Iland	same as written
Hawaiian	haw	ʻIlelani	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Írország	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Aialand	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Îrland	same as written
Latin	lat	Irlandia, Hibernia	same as written
Latvian	lav	Īrija	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Airija	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Eireja	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Irlandy	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Irlanda / Ирланда	Irlanda
Maori	mri	Airana	same as written
Malay	msa	Ireland / ايرلند	Ireland
Nahuatl	nah	Irtlālpan	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Irlaunde	same as written
Quechua	que	Ilanda	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Irland / इर्लान्द	Irland
Slovak	slk	Írsko	same as written
Slovio	slo	Irlandia / Ирландиа	Irlandia
Northern Sami	sme	Irlánda	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Airėjė	same as written
Samoan, Tokelauan	smo / tkl	Aialani	same as written
Somali	som	Ayrlaanda	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Irlound	same as written
Silesian	szl	Irlandja	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Irlanda, Irlandiya	same as written
Tongan	ton	ʻAilani	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Irlandiýa / Ирландия	Irlandiýa
Uzbek	uzb	Irlandiya / Ирландия / ئىرلەندىيە	Irlandiya
Veps	vep	Irlandii	same as written
Vietnamese	vie	Ái Nhĩ Lan, Ai-len	same as written
Volapük	vol	Lireyän	same as written
Võro	vor	Iirimaa	same as written
Wolof	wol	Irlaand	same as written
Zulu	zul	i-Ayilendi	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Є́ирь, Ирланді́ꙗ	Éirĭ, Irlandī́ja
Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / ava / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Ирландия	Irlandija
Chuvash, Ossetian	chv / oss	Ирланди	Irlandi
Abkhaz	abk	Ирландиа	Irlandia
Bashkir	bak	Ирландия / İrlandiya	İrlandiya
Belarusian	bel	Ірландыя / Irłandyja, Ірляндыя / Irlandyja	Irłandyja, Irlandyja
Chechen	che	Ирланди / Irlandi	Irlandi
Kazakh	kaz	Ирландия / يرلانديا / Ïrlandïya	Ïrlandïya
Kabardian	kbd	Ирландиэ	Irlandiă
Kyrgyz	kir	Ирландия / ئرلاندىيا / İrlandiya	İrlandiya
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Ирланди / Îrlandî	Îrlandî
Meadow Mari	mhr	Ирландий	Irlandij
Macedonian	mkd	Ирска	Irska
Mongolian	mon	Ирланд	Irland
Rusyn	rue	Ірьско	Ir'sko
Serbian	srp	Ирска / Irska	Irska
Tatar	tat	Ирландия / İrlandiä / ئىرلاندىيە	İrlandiä
Tajik	tgk	Ирландия / ایرلندیه / Irlandija	Irlandija
Ukrainian	ukr	Ірландія	Irlandija
Manchu	mnc	ᠠᡳᡵᠯᠠᠨ	Airlan
Arabic	ara	آيرلندا, إيرلندا, إرلندا, إرلندة	Āyirlandā, Īrlandā, Irlandā, Irlandâ
South Azerbaijani	azb	ایرلاندییا / İrlandiya	İrlandiya
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	ئێرلەندا / Êrlenda	Êrlenda
Persian	fas	ایرلند / Irland, ایرلاند / Irlând	Irland, Irlând
Western Punjabi	pnb	آئرلینڈ	Āʾirlænḋ
Dari	prs	ایرلند	Ayrland
Pashto	pus	ايرلنډ, آيرلېنډ, آئرلېنډ, آيرلېند, آئرلېند	Ayrlənḋ, Āyrlenḋ, Āʾirlenḋ, Āyrlend, Āʾirlend
Sindhi	snd	آئرلينڊ	Āʾirlēnḍa
Uyghur	uig	ئىرلاندىيە / Irlandiye / Ирландия	Irlandiye
Urdu	urd	آئرلینڈ, آیرلینڈ, آئرستان	Āʾirlænḋ, Āyarlænḋ, Āʾiristān
Dhivehi	div	އަޔަރްލޭންޑް	Ayarlēnḋ
Syriac	syr	ܐܝܪܠܢܕ	Īrland
Hebrew	heb	אירלנד, אירלאנד	Īrland, Īrlānd
Ladino	lad	אירלאנדה / Irlanda	Irlanda
Yiddish	yid	אירלאַנד	Irland
Kabyle	kab	ⵉⵔⵍⴰⵏⴷ / Irland	Irland
Amharic	amh	አየርላንድ	Ăyärland
Tigrinya	tir	ኣየርላንድ	Ayärland
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Ιρλανδία	Irlandía
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Ἰρλανδία	Irlandía
Armenian	hye	Իռլանդիա	Iṙlandia
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	ირლანდია	Irlandia
Laz	lzz	ირლანდა / İrlanda	İrlanda
Hindi	hin	आयरलैंड	Āyarlæṃḍ
Nepali	nep	आयरल्याण्ड	Āyarlæṇḍ
Bengali	ben	আয়ারল্যাণ্ড, আয়ারল্যান্ড, আয়ার্ল্যাণ্ড	Āyārlæṇḍ, Āyārlænḍ, Āyārlæṇḍ
Gujarati	guj	આયરલેન્ડ	Āyarlenḍ
Odia	ori	ଆୟରଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ	Āyôrlæṇḍ
Punjabi	pan	ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡ	Āirlæṃḍ
Sinhala	sin	අයර්‍ලන්‍තය	Ayarlantaya
Kannada	kan	ಐರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್	Airlæṃḍ
Malayalam	mal	അയര്‍ലന്‍ഡ്, ഐയര്‍ലാന്‍റ്	Ayarlanḍ, Aiyarlānṟ
Tamil	tam	அயர்லாந்து	Ayarlāntu
Telugu	tel	ఐర్లాండ్	Airlāṃḍ
Chinese	zho	愛爾蘭/爱尔兰	Ài'ěrlán
Cantonese	yue	愛爾蘭/爱尔兰	Oiyíhlàahn
Japanese	jpn	アイルランド	Airurando
Korean	kor	아일랜드	Aillaendeu
Tibetan	bod	ཨེར་ལན།, ཨར་ལེན་ཌ།	Er.lan, Ar.len.ḍa
Dzongkha	dzo	ཨའིརི་ལེནཌ།	A'iri.lenḍ
Burmese	mya	အိုင်ယာလန်	Aĩyalã
Thai	tha	ไอร์แลนด์	Ai[r]lǣn[d]
Lao	lao	ອຽກລັງ	Aẏklâṅ
Khmer	khm	អៀរឡង់, អៀកឡង់	Ierḷăṅ, Iekḷăṅ

02 · NamesU+00C9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE

Éire, Ireland, Iwerddon: the name across languages

Irish calls the state Éire, English Ireland. The Celtic languages share the old root: Scottish Gaelic Èirinn and Manx Nerin are close to Éire, while the Brythonic languages have a form of their own, Welsh Iwerddon, Breton Iwerzhon and Cornish Iwerdhon. Latin offers Hibernia beside Irlandia, and Church Slavonic Є́ирь, Éirĭ, which echoes the Irish form.

Most other languages build on the English word with a local ending: Irlande in French, Irlanda in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, Ierland in Dutch, Ирландия in Russian. Hungarian has Írország, Estonian and Võro Iirimaa. Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian use Irska, Czech Irsko, and Lithuanian Airija. Vietnamese gives the Sino-Vietnamese Ái Nhĩ Lan, the reading of Chinese 愛爾蘭, Ài'ěrlán.

Dublin has two Irish names, Baile Átha Cliath and Dubhlinn, and only the second resembles the English form. Welsh says Dulyn, Breton Dulenn and Cornish Dulynn, Icelandic Dyflinn and Latin Eblana or Dublinum. Bulgarian writes Дъблин and Serbian Даблин, where Russian keeps Дублин.

03 · Dublin

Dublin in other languages

Dublin in 97 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Afrikaans, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Kurmanji Kurdish, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Silesian, Tagalog, Turkish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	eng / afr / ces / dan / est / eus / fin / fra / hrv / hun / kur / nld / nor / oci / pol / ron / slk / slv / swe / szl / tgl / tur / deu / ltz / nds	Dublin	same as written
Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Galician, Spanish, Tetum	arg / ast / cat / glg / spa / tet	Dublín	same as written
Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Slovio, Turkmen	aze / mol / slo / tuk	Dublin / Дублин	Dublin
Corsican, Sicilian	cos / scn	Dublinu	same as written
Esperanto, Italian	epo / ita	Dublino	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Dublin / Дублин / دۆبلٖىن	Dublin
Breton	bre	Dulenn	same as written
Cornish	cor	Dulynn	same as written
Welsh	cym	Dulyn	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Baile Atha Cliath	same as written
Irish	gle	Baile Átha Cliath, Dubhlinn	same as written
Manx	glv	Divlyn, Balley Aah Cleeah	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Dyflinn, Dublin	same as written
Latin	lat	Dublinum, Eblana	same as written
Latvian	lav	Dublina	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Dublinas	same as written
Malay	msa	Dublin / دوبلين	Dublin
Portuguese	por	Dublim, Dublin	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Dublin / दुब्लिन	Dublin
Aromanian	rup	Dablin, Dublin	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Doblėns	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Dublini	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Dublin / Дублин / دۇبلىن	Dublin
Mongolian, Russian	mon / rus	Дублин	Dublin
Bashkir	bak	Дублин / Dublin	Dublin
Belarusian	bel	Дублін / Dublin	Dublin
Bulgarian	bul	Дъблин	Dăblin
Kazakh	kaz	Дублин / دۋبلين / Dwblïn	Dwblïn
Kyrgyz	kir	Дублин / دۇبلئن / Dublin	Dublin
Serbian	srp	Даблин / Dablin	Dablin
Tatar	tat	Дублин / Dublin / دۇبلىن	Dublin
Tajik	tgk	Дублин / دوبلین / Dublin	Dublin
Ukrainian	ukr	Дублін	Dublin
Arabic	ara	دبلن	Dablin
South Azerbaijani	azb	دوبلین / Dublin	Dublin
Persian	fas	دوبلین / Dublin, دوبلن / Dublan	Dublin, Dublan
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	ڈبلن	Ḋablin
Pashto	pus	دبلن, دوبلن	Dablin, Dūblin
Sindhi	snd	ڊبلن	Ḍablin
Uyghur	uig	دۇبلىن / Dublin / Дублин	Dublin
Syriac	syr	ܕܒܠܢ	Dablin
Hebrew	heb	דבלין	Dablīn
Yiddish	yid	דובלין	Dublin
Amharic	amh	ደብሊን, ዱብሊን	Däblin, Dublin
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Δουβλίνο	Doyvlíno
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Δουβλῖνον	Doyvlĩnon
Armenian	hye	Դուբլին	Doublin
Georgian	kat	დუბლინი	Dublini
Hindi	hin	डब्लिन / डबलिन	Ḍablin
Bengali	ben	ডাবলিন	Ḍāblin
Punjabi	pan	ਡਬਲਿਨ	Ḍablin
Kannada	kan	ಡಬ್ಲಿನ್	Ḍablin
Malayalam	mal	ഡബ്ലിൻ	Ḍablin
Tamil	tam	டப்லின், டப்ளின்	Ṭapliṉ, Ṭapḷiṉ
Telugu	tel	డబ్లిన్	Ḍablin
Chinese	zho	都柏林	Dūbólín
Japanese	jpn	ダブリン	Daburin
Korean	kor	더블린	Deobeullin
Tibetan	bod	དུབ་ལིན།	Dub.lin
Thai	tha	ดับลิน	Dâplin
Khmer	khm	ឌុយប្លាង, ដាប់ប្ល៊ីង	Duyblāṅ, Dabblīṅ

04 · Counties

The 4 provinces and 26 counties of Ireland in Irish and English

ISO 3166-2 codes the four provinces and, below them, the 26 counties. Each county appears with its Irish name, the Irish name of its county council, the English name and the county town.

Ireland, ISO 3166-2:IE: 4 provinces, 26 counties
ISO 3166-2	Irish	County council (Irish)	English	Administrative centre	Change
Connacht (IE-C) Connacht5
IE-G	Gaillimh	Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe	Galway	GaillimhGalway
IE-LM	Liatroim	Comhairle Contae Liatroma	Leitrim	Cora Droma RúiscCarrick-on-Shannon
IE-MO	Maigh Eo	Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo	Mayo	Caisleán an BharraighCastlebar
IE-RN	Ros Comáin	Comhairle Contae Ros Comáin	Roscommon	Ros ComáinRoscommon
IE-SO	Sligeach	Comhairle Contae Shligigh	Sligo	SligeachSligo
Leinster (IE-L) Laighin12
IE-CW	Ceatharlach	Comhairle Contae Cheatharlach	Carlow	CeatharlachCarlow
IE-D	Baile Átha Cliath	Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath	Dublin	Baile Átha CliathDublin
IE-KE	Cill Dara	Comhairle Contae Chill Dara	Kildare	An NásNaas
IE-KK	Cill Chainnigh	Comhairle Contae Chill Chainnigh	Kilkenny	Cill ChainnighKilkenny
IE-LS	Laois	Comhairle Contae Laoise	Laois	Port LaoisePort Laoise
IE-LD	An Longfort	Comhairle Contae an Longfoirt	Longford	An LongfortLongford
IE-LH	Lú	Comhairle Contae Lú	Louth	Dún DealganDundalk
IE-MH	An Mhí	Comhairle Contae na Mí	Meath	An UaimhNavan
IE-OY	Uíbh Fhailí	Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí	Offaly	Tulach MhórTullamore
IE-WH	An Iarmhí	Comhairle Contae na hIarmhí	Westmeath	An Muileann gCearrMullingar
IE-WX	Loch Garman	Comhairle Contae Loch Garman	Wexford	Loch GarmanWexford
IE-WW	Cill Mhantáin	Comhairle Contae Chill Mhantáin	Wicklow	Cill MhantáinWicklow
Munster (IE-M) An Mhumhain6
IE-CE	An Clár	Comhairle Contae an Chláir	Clare	InisEnnis
IE-COwas IE-C	Corcaigh	Comhairle Contae Chorcaí	Cork	CorcaighCork	2011 Code changed from IE-C, which now stands for Connacht
IE-KY	Ciarraí	Comhairle Contae Chiarraí	Kerry	Trá LíTralee
IE-LK	Luimneach	Comhairle Contae Luimnigh	Limerick	LuimneachLimerick
IE-TA	Tiobraid Árann	Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann	Tipperary	Cluain Meala / An tAonachClonmel / Nenagh
IE-WD	Port Láirge	Comhairle Contae Phort Láirge	Waterford	Port LáirgeWaterford
Ulster (IE-U) Ulaidh3
IE-CN	An Cabhán	Comhairle Contae an Chabháin	Cavan	An CabhánCavan
IE-DL	Dún na nGall	Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall	Donegal	LeifearLifford
IE-MN	Muineachán	Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin	Monaghan	MuineachánMonaghan

Codes and Irish county names: ISO 3166-2:IE on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026; in 2011 Cork moved from IE-C to IE-CO. Council names and county towns: the 2016 edition of this list. Its Dublin County Council was divided in 1994 into Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin, and North and South Tipperary were merged in 2014, so Tipperary has two county towns here (Wikipedia, Local government in the Republic of Ireland, read 28 October 2026).

05 · City councils

City councils in Irish and English

The five city councils of the source list, with Irish and English names
English	Irish	Seat
Dublin City Council	Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath	Baile Átha Cliath / Dublin
Cork City Council	Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí	Corcaigh / Cork
Galway City Council	Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe	Gaillimh / Galway
Limerick City Council	Comhairle Cathrach Luimnigh	Luimneach / Limerick
Waterford City Council	Comhairle Cathrach Phort Láirge	Port Láirge / Waterford

Source: the 2016 edition of this list. Since the Local Government Reform Act 2014 Limerick and Waterford each have a single City and County Council, so three city councils remain: Dublin, Cork and Galway (Wikipedia, Local government in the Republic of Ireland, read 28 October 2026).

06 · Irish names

Why the council names change form

Irish puts a name after a noun in the genitive, and the genitive often changes the first letter. Ceatharlach becomes Comhairle Contae Cheatharlach, Cill Dara stays Comhairle Contae Chill Dara with a lenited C, and Gaillimh takes the article, Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe. Names that begin with An, such as An Cabhán or An Clár, become an Chabháin and an Chláir.

The county towns show the same doubling of names. Tralee is Trá Lí, Ennis is Inis, Castlebar is Caisleán an Bharraigh, and Dundalk, the county town of Louth, is Dún Dealgan. Leitrim's county town, Carrick-on-Shannon, is Cora Droma Rúisc in Irish.

07 · Anthem

Amhrán na bhFiann, the national anthem in Irish

The Irish text as the source gives it, first in current spelling, then in the older Gaelic orthography, where a dot over a consonant replaces the h that current spelling writes after it: ġeall for gheall, ṁóid for mhóid.

Sinne Fianna Fáil / Atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn, / Buíon dár slua / Thar toinn do ráinig chughainn, / Faoi mhóid bheith saor. / Sean-tír ár sinsear feasta / Ní fhágfar faoin tiorán ná faoin tráill / Anocht a théam sa bhearna baoil, / Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil / Le gunna scréach faoi lámhach na bpiléar / Seo libh canaig Amhrán na bhFiann.
Sinne Fianna Fáil / Atá faoi ġeall ag Éirinn, / Buíon dár slua / Ṫar toinn do ráinig ċuġainn, / Faoi ṁóid ḃeiṫ saor. / Sean-tír ár sinsear feasta / Ní ḟágfar faoin tiorán ná faoin tráill / Anoċt a ṫéam sa ḃearna baoil, / Le gean ar Ġaeil ċun báis nó saoil / Le gunna scréaċ faoi láṁaċ na bpiléar / Seo liḃ canaig Aṁrán na ḃFiann.

08 · Questions

Questions about the names of Ireland

What is Dublin called in Irish?

Baile Átha Cliath. The table also lists Dubhlinn, the Irish form closest to English Dublin.

Why is Cork coded IE-CO?

Until 2011 Cork had IE-C, which was also used for the province of Connacht. ISO removed the duplicate and gave Cork IE-CO.

What is the Irish name of County Kerry?

Ciarraí. Its county council is Comhairle Contae Chiarraí, with its seat in Tralee, Trá Lí in Irish.