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Question by The Irish Dragon: Why is ie the domain name registration for Ireland?
The Irish for Ireland is Éire, so “ei” would seem more logical. What’s the origin of “ie”? All I can think of is first and last letters of the French for Ireland (Irlande). What’s the real reason?

Best answer:

Answer by Belindita
I suppose it is because “ir” was already taken by Iran, so they combined the i from Ireland with the e from Eire and came up with “ie”.

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I ask this question because when I try registered I run up against the following problem:
When I select Ireland as my country the greyed out area below doesn’t change to “Ireland” and so I am forced to choose a US state as being in my address.
Solutions would be welcome.