Southern Ireland, South Ireland or South of Ireland may refer to: *The southern part of the island of

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

, a traditional province of Ireland *

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. ...

, which is sometimes inaccurately referred to as "Southern Ireland" *

Southern Ireland (1921–1922) Southern Ireland (, ) , covering the area today known as the Republic of Ireland, or simply Ireland, was the larger of the two parts of Ireland that were created when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It comprised 2 ...

, a former constituent part of the United Kingdom *

South (European Parliament constituency) South is a European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland, European Parliament constituency in Ireland. It elects 5 Member of the European Parliament, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using proportional representation by ...

*Southern, IE05, one of the level 2

NUTS statistical regions of Ireland Ireland uses the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) geocode standard for referencing country subdivisions for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrume ...

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