一篇介绍Republic of Ireland 的英语作文

A country occupying most of the island of Ireland. Established as the Irish Free State in 1922, Ireland officially became the sovereign state of Eire in 1937. The Republic of Ireland was proclaimed on Easter Monday (April 18), 1949. Dublin is the capital and the largest city. Population, 3,443,405.
爱尔兰，爱尔兰自由邦只有爱尔兰岛大部的国家。它于1922年被建为爱尔兰自由邦，在1937年正式成为爱尔兰主权国家。爱尔兰共和国于1949年复活节星期一(4月18日）宣告成立。都柏林是其首都和最大城市。人口3,443,405 Ireland (Irish: �0�7ire; Ulster Scots: Airlann) is the third largest island in Europe .[1] It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe with the island of Great Britain lying to the east. Politically it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state occupying five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, occupying the northeastern sixth of the island.[2] The name 'Ireland' derives from the name �0�7riu (in modern Irish, �0�7ire) with the addition of the Germanic word 'land'.

The population of the island is slightly under six million (2006), with 4.2 million in the Republic of Ireland[3] (1.7 million in Greater Dublin[4]) and about 1.7 million in Northern Ireland[5] (0.6 million in Greater Belfast).[6]

Political geography
Map of Ireland showing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Map of Ireland showing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The island of Ireland has two distinct jurisdictions:

* Ireland (described as The Republic of Ireland), a sovereign state, with its capital in Dublin, covering five sixths of the island.
* the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, covering the remaining sixth.