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Ireland

PEBBLE BEACH, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Tying low-pro amateur teams Padraig Harrington of Ireland (L), amateur J.P. McManus (2nd L), Brian Harman (3rd R) and amateur Gregg Ontiveros (R) celebrate with tournament champion Phil Mickelson (2nd R) during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links on February 12, 2012 in Pebble Beach, California.

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Ireland (53°30′N 7°38′W; ; Irish: Éire; Scots:Airlann) is the second largest island in Europe. It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe with the island of Great Britain lying to the east. Politically it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state occupying five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, occupying the northeastern sixth of the island. The name 'Ireland' derives from the name Ériu (in modern Irish, Éire) with the addition of the Germanic word 'land'.

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