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World Gazetteer Results for Kilcormac:
NameKilcormac
Alternate NamesFrankford
Geographical TypeLocality
Population1200
Latitude
Longitude
CountryIreland
Administrative DivisionOffaly
Dictionary Results for Ireland:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Ireland
    n 1: a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the
         island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United
         Kingdom in 1921 [syn: Ireland, Republic of Ireland,
         Irish Republic, Eire]
    2: an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern
       Ireland [syn: Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Ireland

   Introduction Ireland
   --------------------
                            Background: A failed 1916 Easter Monday
                                        Rebellion touched off several years
                                        of guerrilla warfare that in 1921
                                        resulted in independence from the UK
                                        for the 26 southern counties; the
                                        six northern counties (Ulster)
                                        remained part of Great Britain. In
                                        1948 Ireland withdrew from the
                                        British Commonwealth; it joined the
                                        European Community in 1973. Irish
                                        governments have sought the peaceful
                                        unification of Ireland and have
                                        cooperated with Britain against
                                        terrorist groups. A peace settlement
                                        for Northern Ireland, known as the
                                        Good Friday Agreement and approved
                                        in 1998, is currently being
                                        implemented.
  
   Geography Ireland
   -----------------
                              Location: Western Europe, occupying five-
                                        sixths of the island of Ireland in
                                        the North Atlantic Ocean, west of
                                        Great Britain
                Geographic coordinates: 53 00 N, 8 00 W
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 70,280 sq km
                                        water: 1,390 sq km
                                        land: 68,890 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than West Virginia
                       Land boundaries: total: 360 km
                                        border countries: UK 360 km
                             Coastline: 1,448 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: temperate maritime; modified by
                                        North Atlantic Current; mild
                                        winters, cool summers; consistently
                                        humid; overcast about half the time
                               Terrain: mostly level to rolling interior
                                        plain surrounded by rugged hills and
                                        low mountains; sea cliffs on west
                                        coast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Carrauntoohil 1,041 m
                     Natural resources: zinc, lead, natural gas, barite,
                                        copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite,
                                        peat, silver
                              Land use: arable land: 19.49%
                                        permanent crops: 0.04%
                                        other: 80.46% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: water pollution, especially of
                                        lakes, from agricultural runoff
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
                                        Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity,
                                        Climate Change, Desertification,
                                        Environmental Modification,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands,
                                        Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Endangered Species, Marine
                                        Life Conservation
                      Geography - note: strategic location on major air and
                                        sea routes between North America and
                                        northern Europe; over 40% of the
                                        population resides within 97 km of
                                        Dublin
  
   People Ireland
   --------------
                            Population: 3,883,159 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 21.3% (male 425,366;
                                        female 403,268)
                                        15-64 years: 67.3% (male 1,307,469;
                                        female 1,305,038)
                                        65 years and over: 11.4% (male
                                        191,927; female 250,091) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.07% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 14.62 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 8.01 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 4.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.98 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.17 years
                                        female: 80.12 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 74.41 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 2,200 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman
                                        (women), Irish (collective plural)
                                        adjective: Irish
                         Ethnic groups: Celtic, English
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church of
                                        Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9% (1998)
                             Languages: English is the language generally
                                        used, Irish (Gaelic) spoken mainly
                                        in areas located along the western
                                        seaboard
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 98% (1981 est.)
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Ireland
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: Ireland
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Dublin
              Administrative divisions: 26 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare,
                                        Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway,
                                        Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois,
                                        Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth,
                                        Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly,
                                        Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary,
                                        Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford,
                                        Wicklow
                          Independence: 6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
                      National holiday: Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March
                          Constitution: 29 December 1937; adopted 1 July
                                        1937 by plebiscite
                          Legal system: based on English common law,
                                        substantially modified by indigenous
                                        concepts; judicial review of
                                        legislative acts in Supreme Court;
                                        has not accepted compulsory ICJ
                                        jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Mary
                                        MCALEESE (since 11 November 1997)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Bertie AHERN (since 26 June 1997)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president with previous nomination
                                        by the prime minister and approval
                                        of the House of Representatives
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a seven-year term;
                                        election last held 31 October 1997
                                        (next to be held NA November 2004);
                                        prime minister nominated by the
                                        House of Representatives and
                                        appointed by the president
                                        note: government coalition - Fianna
                                        Fail and the Progressive Democrats
                                        election results: Mary MCALEESE
                                        elected president; percent of vote -
                                        Mary MCALEESE 44.8%, Mary BANOTTI
                                        29.6%
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas
                                        consists of the Senate or Seanad
                                        Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by
                                        the universities and from candidates
                                        put forward by five vocational
                                        panels, 11 are nominated by the
                                        prime minister; members serve five-
                                        year terms) and the House of
                                        Representatives or Dail Eireann (166
                                        seats; members are elected by
                                        popular vote on the basis of
                                        proportional representation to serve
                                        five-year terms)
                                        election results: Senate - percent
                                        of vote by party - NA%; seats by
                                        party - Fianna Fail 29, Fine Gael
                                        16, Labor Party 4, Progressive
                                        Democrats 4, others 7; House of
                                        Representatives - percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna
                                        Fail 80, Fine Gael 31, Labor Party
                                        21, Progressive Democrats 8, Green
                                        Party 6, Sinn Fein 5, others 15
                                        elections: Senate - last held NA
                                        August 1997 (next to be held NA
                                        August 2002); House of
                                        Representatives - last held 17 May
                                        2002 (next to be held NA May 2007)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (judges appointed by
                                        the president on the advice of the
                                        prime minister and cabinet)
         Political parties and leaders: Fianna Fail [Bertie AHERN]; Fine
                                        Gael [Michael NOONAN]; Green Party
                                        [Trevor SARGENT]; Labor Party
                                        [Ruairi QUINN]; Progressive
                                        Democrats [Mary HARNEY]; Sinn Fein
                                        [Gerry ADAMS]; Socialist Party [Joe
                                        HIGGINS]; The Workers' Party [Tom
                                        FRENCH]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, EAPC,
                         participation: EBRD, ECE, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO,
                                        IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,
                                        IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
                                        IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM
                                        (observer), ISO, ITU, MINURSO,
                                        MONUC, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS
                                        (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PFP,
                                        UN, UN Security Council (temporary),
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR,
                                        UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNITAR,
                                        UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNTAET,
                                        UNTSO, UPU, WEU (observer), WHO,
                                        WIPO, WMO, WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Sean
                                        O'HUIGINN
                                        chancery: 2234 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
                                        consulate(s) general: Boston,
                                        Chicago, New York, and San Francisco
  
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 232-5993
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 462-3939
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Richard
                                    US: J. EGAN
                                        embassy: 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge,
                                        Dublin 4
                                        mailing address: use embassy street
                                        address
                                        telephone: [353] (1) 668-7122/668-
                                        8777
                                        FAX: [353] (1) 668-9946
                      Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green
                                        (hoist side), white, and orange;
                                        similar to the flag of Cote
                                        d'Ivoire, which is shorter and has
                                        the colors reversed - orange (hoist
                                        side), white, and green; also
                                        similar to the flag of Italy, which
                                        is shorter and has colors of green
                                        (hoist side), white, and red
  
   Economy Ireland
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Ireland is a small, modern, trade-
                                        dependent economy with growth
                                        averaging a robust 9% in 1995-2001.
                                        Agriculture, once the most important
                                        sector, is now dwarfed by industry,
                                        which accounts for 38% of GDP, about
                                        80% of exports, and employs 28% of
                                        the labor force. Although exports
                                        remain the primary engine for
                                        Ireland's robust growth, the economy
                                        is also benefiting from a rise in
                                        consumer spending and recovery in
                                        both construction and business
                                        investment. Over the past decade,
                                        the Irish government has implemented
                                        a series of national economic
                                        programs designed to curb inflation,
                                        reduce government spending, increase
                                        labor force skills, and promote
                                        foreign investment. Ireland joined
                                        in launching the euro currency
                                        system in January 1999 along with 10
                                        other EU nations. The economy felt
                                        the impact of the global economic
                                        slowdown in 2001, particularly in
                                        the high-tech export sector; the
                                        growth rate was cut by nearly half.
                                        Growth in 2002 is expected to fall
                                        in the 3%-5% range.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $104.7
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 5.6% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $27,300
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4%
                                        industry: 38%
                                        services: 58% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: 10% (1997 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 27.3% (1997)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 35.9 (1987)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.9% (2001)
                           Labor force: 1.8 million (2001)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 64%, industry 28%,
                                        agriculture 8% (2000 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 4.3% (2001)
                                Budget: revenues: $34 billion
                                        expenditures: $27 billion, including
                                        capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
                            Industries: food products, brewing, textiles,
                                        clothing; chemicals,
                                        pharmaceuticals, machinery,
                                        transportation equipment, glass and
                                        crystal; software
     Industrial production growth rate: 6.5% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 22.285 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 94.86%
                                        hydro: 3.77%
                                        other: 1.37% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 20.823 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 71 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 169 million kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar
                                        beets, wheat; beef, dairy products
                               Exports: $75.9 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, computers,
                                        chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live
                                        animals, animal products
                    Exports - partners: EU 63% (UK 20%, Germany 11%, France
                                        8%, Netherlands 6%, Belgium 5%), US
                                        20% (2000)
                               Imports: $49.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: data processing equipment, other
                                        machinery and equipment, chemicals;
                                        petroleum and petroleum products,
                                        textiles, clothing
                    Imports - partners: EU 61% (UK 33%, Germany 6%, France
                                        5%, Netherlands 4%), US 16%, Japan
                                        4% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $11 billion (1998)
                  Economic aid - donor: ODA, $283 million (2001)
                              Currency: euro (EUR); Irish pound (IEP)
                                        note: on 1 January 1999, the
                                        European Monetary Union introduced
                                        the euro as a common currency to be
                                        used by financial institutions of
                                        member countries; on 1 January 2002,
                                        the euro became the sole currency
                                        for everyday transactions within the
                                        member countries
                         Currency code: EUR; IEP
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); Irish
                                        pounds per US dollar - 0.7014
                                        (1998), 0.6588 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Ireland
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 1.59 million (2001)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 2 million (2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: modern digital
                                        system using cable and microwave
                                        radio relay
                                        domestic: microwave radio relay
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                        Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                Radios: 2.55 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 4 (many low-power repeaters) (2001)
                           Televisions: 1.82 million (2001)
                 Internet country code: .ie
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 22 (2000)
                        Internet users: 1.25 million (2001)
  
   Transportation Ireland
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 3,314 km
                                        broad gauge: 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge
                                        (38 km electrified; 485 km double-
                                        tracked)
                                        narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge
                                        (operated by the Irish Peat Board to
                                        transport peat to power stations and
                                        briqueting plants) (2001)
                              Highways: total: 92,500 km
                                        paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km
                                        of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 5,457 km (1999 est.)
                             Waterways: 700 km (limited facilities for
                                        commercial traffic) (1998)
                             Pipelines: natural gas 7,592 km (transmission
                                        1,158 km; distribution 6,434 km)
                                        (2000)
                     Ports and harbors: Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin,
                                        Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross,
                                        Waterford
                       Merchant marine: total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 110,741 GRT/127,342 DWT
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Germany 2 (2002 est.)
                                        ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 20,
                                        container 1, short-sea passenger 1
                              Airports: 41 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 17
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 5
                                        under 914 m: 7 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 24
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 2
                                        under 914 m: 22 (2001)
  
   Military Ireland
   ----------------
                     Military branches: Army (including Naval Service and
                                        Air Corps), National Police (Garda
                                        Siochana)
      Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,013,739 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 816,744 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 32,287 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $700 million (FY00/01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 0.9% (FY00/01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Ireland
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: disputes with Iceland, Denmark, and
                                        the UK over the Faroe Islands
                                        continental shelf boundary outside
                                        200 NM
                         Illicit drugs: transshipment point for and consumer
                                        of hashish from North Africa to the
                                        UK and Netherlands and of European-
                                        produced synthetic drugs; minor
                                        transshipment point for heroin and
                                        cocaine destined for Western Europe
  
                                       



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