Ireland (; Irish: Éire) is the third largest island in Europe. It lies in between the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea. Politically it is divided into the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), a state which covers five-sixths of the island (south, east, west and north-west), and Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island. CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov The name 'Ireland' derives from the Anglo-Saxon mispronunciation of Ériu (Modern Irish:Éire) with the addition of the germanic 'land' suffix, and means 'land of Ériu'.
The population of the island is approximately 5.8 million people (2001); 4.0 million in the Republic of Ireland (1.5 million in Greater Dublin Population of the Greater Dublin Area to reach 2 million by 2021 www.cso.ie) and 1.7 million in Northern Ireland Home Population and Components of Change, 2004 estimates Demography and Methodology Branch, NISRA - Excel file (0.6 million in Greater Belfast).
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Alpine Club of Canada's Ride - A two-week ride in May, 1997, found much sunshine and good routes.
Bicycle trip in the South West of Ireland 1996 - A ride from Dublin to Kilarney.
Biking in Ireland - Two American men put GPS and Ordnance Survey maps to good use and took many photos during a weeklong, 250-mile ride from Cork to Galway in July, 2001.
Biking the Coasts of Ireland - An English literature professor on sabbatical from a Michigan college cycled over 1,000 miles on Ireland's major and minor coastal roads in 1997, averaging 40 miles per day for six weeks. His travel journal is filled with observations.
Cycling around Southern Ireland - Solo biking trip of 1,000 miles through much rain from Dublin to Cork to Killarney to Galway in 20 days during April, 2001.
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Cycling the Emerald Isle - An American brother and sister spent 2 weeks in 1996 riding through Counties Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Cork in southwest Ireland. A breathless section took them over the steep Connor Pass to Dingle.
Mountainbiking Association of Dublin - Home page of the Mountainbiking Association of Dublin (MAD)that includes information about organized rides which welcome visitors, routes, links to many cycling organizations, shops and routes throughout Ireland.
Myra's Bike Travels: Ireland Diary - Account by a woman from Cambridge, England about her stays in youth hostels and solo, 15-day ride around much of Northern Ireland and the Donegal area in October, 2000.
Prose and Pictures from Ireland - A ride around the Dingle Penninsula in July 1997.
Two Wheels through the Irish Mist - Three self-contained cycle tourists leave sunny dry California and meander through the green rolling hills of Ireland.
Yaz San - 7 peaks in 7 weeks - Cyclist Yasuyuki Ozeki's reports on his progress on plan to ride and climb Ireland's tallest peaks during September-October, 2004 following his ride from Japan to Ireland in 1998, with photos.
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