Many move proposals have been made concerning the locations of the pages Ireland and Republic of Ireland . From June 2009 to December 2023 discussions had to occur at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration . Before making a new move proposal, please review the relevant page naming guideline and these discussions:
This page has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.
Discussions:
RM, Ireland → Island of Ireland, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 25#Ireland --> Island of Ireland (September 2011), speedy close
RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland (republic), Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 28#Requested move: Republic of Ireland → Ireland (republic) (October 2011), not moved
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 31#Two possible solutions (November 2011)Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 31#Formal Page Move Request (November 2011)Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 31#Case for consideration. (December 2011)RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland (state), Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 32#Requested Move: ROI → Ireland (state) (September 2012), not moved
RM, Ireland → Ireland (island) and Republic of Ireland → Ireland, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 33#Requested move (January 2014) (January 2014), not moved
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 33#Proposed Title Change to Wiki Article Ireland to Island of Ireland (August 2014), not moved RM, Ireland → Ireland (island) Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 33#Move "Ireland" to "Ireland (island)" or similar (June 2015) , not moved
RFD, Ireland (state) → Republic of Ireland Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 34#WP:RfD discussion for Ireland (state) (June 2016), no consensus
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 34#Proposed move (discussion copied from Talk:Flag of Ireland Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 34#Suggested move "Republic of Ireland" to "Ireland". (and Ireland → Geography of Ireland) (May 2017), not moved Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 34#Move "Republic of Ireland" to "(Republic of) Ireland" – new discussion (September 2018), not moved Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 34#Merge "Ireland" with "Geography of Ireland", Ireland_(disambiguation) -> Ireland discussion (June 2020)RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland (country), Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Archive 34#Requested move 22 March 2022 , not moved
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration#Move: Republic of Ireland → Ireland (country) (May 2022)Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration#Why not a disambiguation page? (February 2023)RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland and merge Ireland into Geography of Ireland, Talk:Republic_of_Ireland#Requested_move_18_August_2024 , (August 2024), not moved The "older discussions" section also includes RMs that were closed because they needed to be discussed at IECOLL.
Older discussions:
split (discussion ) (November 2002)Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 4#Poll: Ireland article titles (February 2006)Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 6#"New Proposal" on naming Ireland articles (July 2007)Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 7#Contested move request (February 2008)RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland (state), Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 8#Requested move (September 2008), no consensus
Republic of Ireland → Ireland (Republic of), Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 9#Another proposal: Ireland (Republic of) (September 2008)
Republic of Ireland → Ireland (Republic of), Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 9#Proposed move (October 2008)
RM Talk:Ireland/Archive 10#Proposed move to Ireland (island) and Talk:Ireland (disambiguation)#Proposed move to Ireland (November 2008)
RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland (state), Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 10#Requested move (December 2008)
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ireland article names (December 2008)Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Poll on Ireland article names (August 2009)RM Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 10#Change of Article Title and Talk:Ireland (disambiguation)#Proposed move to Ireland (June 2009)
RM, Ireland → Island of Ireland, Talk:Ireland/Archive 14#Requested move: “Ireland” to “Island of Ireland” , (September 2011), speedy close
RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland and Ireland → Ireland (island), Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 17#Requested move (April 2013), speedy close
Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 19#Suggested move Republic of Ireland -> Ireland (September 2016)Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 19#Move page to "Ireland (country)" or "Ireland (sovereign state)" proposal (December 2016)RM, Ireland → Ireland (country), Talk:Ireland/Archive 15#Requested move 29 November 2017 , speedy close
Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 20#(republic of) Ireland and Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 20#Island of Ireland dab (July-September 2018)Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 20#Article Name (April 2020)RM, Republic of Ireland → Ireland (country), Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 21#Requested move 22 March 2022
Talk:Republic of Ireland/Archive 21#Rename this page (and next 3 sections), no action
The current consensus is for the island to be at Ireland and the country to be at Republic of Ireland .
The "Ireland" move discussions in a nutshell:
There are 2 debates, the first is about if the island is the primary topic or not or if the country is the primary topic or if there is no primary topic and the disambiguation page should be at "Ireland". It is argued that the island serves as a broad-concept article but also that the country would be a better topic even if narrower.
The other debate is what the title of the country should be if it isn't the primary topic.
Proponents of using the title "Republic of Ireland" argue that its common usage and is the country's official description, see Names of the Irish state .
Opponents argue that the name "Republic of Ireland" is unofficial and incorrectly convoys the name of the country and that it would be better moved to something like Ireland (country) .
