Editing Republic of Ireland (section)

==Name==
{{Main|Names of the Irish state}}
The Irish name for Ireland is {{lang|ga|[[Éire]]}}, deriving from {{lang|ga|[[Ériu]]}}, a goddess in Irish mythology.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 August 2021|title=Where does the name Ireland come from?|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/where-does-the-name-ireland-come-from|access-date=13 September 2021|website=IrishCentral.com|archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902070224/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/where-does-the-name-ireland-come-from|url-status=live}}</ref> The state created in 1922, comprising 26 of the 32 [[counties of Ireland]], was "styled and known as the Irish Free State" ({{lang|ga|Saorstát Éireann}}).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Coleman|first1=Marie|title=The Irish Revolution, 1916–1923|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1317801467|page=230|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeMkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT230|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209160642/https://books.google.com/books?id=BeMkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT230|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Constitution of Ireland]], adopted in 1937, says that "the name of the State is ''Éire'', or, in the English language, Ireland". Section 2 of the [[Republic of Ireland Act 1948]] states, "It is hereby declared that the description of the State shall be the Republic of Ireland." The 1948 Act does not ''name'' the state "Republic of Ireland", because to have done so would have put it in conflict with the Constitution.<ref>Gallagher, Michael, "The changing constitution", in {{cite book|editor1-last=Gallagher|editor1-first=Michael|editor2-last=Coakley|editor2-first=John|title=Politics in the Republic of Ireland|date=2010|publisher=0415476712|isbn=978-0415476713|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g84ajJ-1Yi4C&pg=PA76|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209160637/https://books.google.com/books?id=g84ajJ-1Yi4C&pg=PA76|url-status=live}}</ref>

The government of the United Kingdom used the name "Eire" (without the [[diacritic]]) and, from 1949, "Republic of Ireland", for the state.<ref>Oliver, J.D.B., ''What's in a Name'', in {{cite book|editor1-last=Tiley|editor1-first=John|title=Studies in the History of Tax Law|date=2004|publisher=Hart Publishing|isbn=1841134732|pages=181–3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9FGwkXiIS0C&pg=PA181|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101034152/https://books.google.com/books?id=f9FGwkXiIS0C&pg=PA181|url-status=live}} Note: the author uses "Éire", with the diacritic.</ref> It was not until the 1998 [[Good Friday Agreement]], when the state dropped its [[Ireland–United Kingdom relations#Articles 2 and 3 and the name Ireland|claim to Northern Ireland]], that it began calling the state "Ireland".<ref>Oliver (2004), p. 178; Daly (2007), p. 80</ref><ref name="Daly 2007">{{cite journal | last=Daly | first=Mary E. | title=The Irish Free State/Éire/Republic of Ireland/Ireland: "A Country by Any Other Name"? | journal=Journal of British Studies | volume=46 | issue=1 | date=2007 | issn=0021-9371 | doi=10.1086/508399 | pages=72–90}}</ref>

The state is also informally called "the Republic", "Southern Ireland" or "the South";<ref>{{cite book|last1=Acciano|first1=Reuben|title=Western Europe|date=2005|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=1740599276|page=616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Enrkj9PsKGwC&pg=PA616|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209160641/https://books.google.com/books?id=Enrkj9PsKGwC&pg=PA616|url-status=live}}</ref> especially when distinguishing the state from the island or when discussing [[Northern Ireland]] ("the North"). [[Irish republicans]] reserve the name "Ireland" for the whole island<ref name="Daly 2007"/> and often refer to the state as "the Free State", "the 26 Counties",<ref name="Daly 2007"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=M.L.R|title=Fighting for Ireland?: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1134713975|page=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EH-FAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209160637/https://books.google.com/books?id=EH-FAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|url-status=live}}</ref> or "the South of Ireland".<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGreevy |first1=Ronan |title=Why Sinn Féin will not call the State by its name |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/why-sinn-fein-will-not-call-the-state-by-its-name-1.4182195 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=24 February 2020 |access-date=24 August 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825190413/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/why-sinn-fein-will-not-call-the-state-by-its-name-1.4182195 |url-status=live }}</ref> This is a "response to the [[Partitionism|partitionist]] view [...] that Ireland stops at the border".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dáil Éireann debate – Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill, 1999 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-04-13/speech/74/ |publisher=[[Oireachtas]] |date=13 April 2000 |access-date=24 August 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825190418/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-04-13/5/ |url-status=live }}</ref>