The .irish Domain: An Ending With an Irish Ring
.irish was recorded in the root zone on 6 November 2014; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 7 August 2014 and its type is "Base, Non-Sponsored", meaning it is not a community TLD. The party to that agreement today is Binky Moon, LLC. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 25,254 registrations, yet only 4,219 of them appear in the zone file.
The Irish diaspora, cultural associations, music and dance groups and businesses addressing the Irish market all use the ending. Although the word carries a country association, there is no residency, citizenship or ancestry requirement. Try candidates through an .irish domain search, and look at the .international page for a corporate tone.
Only 4,219 of 25,254 registrations appear in the zone file. That is the lowest ratio measured anywhere in this series: five of every six registered names have never gone live. It yields a direct decision rule. Where a name reads as taken here, the odds of a working site behind it are low, so the zone consists largely of defensive and parked registrations. If the root you want is taken, consider reaching the holder or testing a close variant before you give up. And do not leave your own address idle for a year: a name that is not published does no work beyond holding value.
.IRISH Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Agreement type Base, Non-Sponsored (not a community TLD)
- ICANN registry agreement 7 August 2014
- Root zone record 6 November 2014
- Registered names 25,254 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 4,219 names, about 17%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .irish domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.irish Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$8.99 / years -
Transfer
$22.09 / years -
Renewal
$23.79 / years -
Restore
$109.90 -
Late Renewal
$3.07
Included With Every .irish Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.irish Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.irish Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .irish domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.irish Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .irish Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No; there is no residency, citizenship or ancestry requirement.
The agreement type is recorded as "Base, Non-Sponsored", meaning this is not a community TLD and no eligibility check takes place. No documents are requested either. Because the address does evoke Ireland, though, visitors look for a local connection on the page; without one, the ending will not meet the expectation.
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4,219 of 25,254 registrations appear in the zone file, roughly 17 percent.
That is the lowest ratio measured in this series. It means the zone consists largely of defensive and parked registrations. Your odds of finding a working site behind a taken name are low, so testing a close variant or trying to reach the holder is a sensible next step.
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A local phone number, delivery times, the currency and a local address where you have one.
Those four details cut hesitation more than anything else when buying from a distant seller. Translating the page is not enough on its own; match the units of measurement and date format to local use as well. Test candidate domains together with bulk domain name search.
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Pick .irish for a single market, .international when describing a multi-country structure.
The first builds cultural closeness and speaks to a narrow audience; the second is inclusive but longer. Try both in one search round and see which reads more naturally with your root; the .international page suits the comparison.
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You can; an authorisation code is enough and the operator requests no extra documents.
This zone has a particular quirk: because most names are not published, their registration details often sit unrevised for years. Before you move, confirm that your contact address still reaches you; whois search shows the record's current state.
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