Éire

n. Ireland; former name of the Republic of Ireland (Irish)

This article is about the Irish-language name of the island called Ireland and state called Republic of Ireland. For the state, see Republic of Ireland. For other uses of Ireland, see Ireland (disambiguation). "Eire" is sometimes a misspelling for Erie, q.v. Éire (pronounced ) is the Irish (Gaeilge) name of the island called Ireland in the English language. Éire is the nominative form in modern Irish of the name for the goddess called Ériu in Old Irish, a mythical figure who helped the Gaels conquer Ireland as described in the Book of Invasions. Éire is still used in the Irish language today to refer to the island of Ireland as well as the Republic of Ireland - as well as the goddess. The dative form Éirinn is anglicized as Erin, which is occasionally used as a poetic name for Ireland in English, and has also become a common feminine name in English. The name "Éire" features on all Irish coinage (and Irish euro coins), postage stamps, passports and other official state documents issued since 1937 — for instance the  Official Seal of the President of Ireland. Before then, "Saorstát Éireann", the Irish translation of Irish Free State, was used except for postage stamps which regularly used "Éire" during the Irish Free State era in both definitive and special issues.
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Noun
1. a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
(synonym) Ireland, Irish Free State
(hypernym) European country, European nation
(hyponym) Cork
(member-holonym) British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations
(part-holonym) Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle
(part-meronym) Dublin, Irish capital, capital of Ireland
(class) Continuity Irish Republican Army, CIRA, Continuity Army Council

n. Eire, Ireland; former name of the Republic of Ireland (Irish)

n. Eire, Ireland; former name of the Republic of Ireland (Irish)