4.  Capital: Dublin.  Official languages: Irish, English.  Surface: 70,273 km².  Total population: 4,581,269 hab.  Density: 63.4 hab / km².

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13. Altan Danú, Téada Déanta Lúnasa Kíla Noel Shineand Mary Greene, Border Collies