| TAOISEACH | Prime minister of the Irish Republic |
| CLONMEL | County town in the south of the Irish Republic (pop 17,000) on the River Suir (7) |
| IRIS | Is it the flag of the Irish Republic? (4) |
| GARDA | The state police force of the Irish Republic (5) |
| DAIL | The lower house of the Irish Republic's parliament (4) |
| DONEGAL | Malin Head, the most northerly point of the Irish Republic, is in this county (7) |
| SHAMROCK | A clover-like plant that is the national emblem of the Irish Republic (8) |
| IRE | Anger when the capital of the Irish Republic is lost (3) |
| SLIGO | County of the Irish Republic (5) |
| DEVALERA | Eamon, president of the Irish Republic 1959-73 (2,6) |
| EAMONDEVALERA | President of the Irish Republic from 1959 to 1973 |
| EIRE | Former name of the Irish Republic (4) |
| VALERA | Eamon de --, president of the Irish republic 1959-73 (6) |
| MADEIRA | Man going back around most of the Irish Republic to get cake (7) |
| DUBLINERS | People from the city that's the Irish Republic's capital or the Black Velvet Band folk group, The .. |
| ENTIRE | Complete the National Theatre in the Irish Republic (6) |
| EMPIRE | Once fashionable line of a politician in the Irish Republic |
| STRABANE | Small town in Northern Ireland (pop 13,000), on the border with the Irish Republic (8) |
| BURREN | The smallest national park in the Irish Republic, in County Clare (6) |
| RISING | Easter ____, 1916 rebellion in Dublin which included the proclamation of an Irish Republic |
