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'''Eire''' was one of the six continents on the planet [[Arcadia]],<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/arcadia/3c9e9ac6-f13f-4712-ae1b-24d9c0e5504b '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Arcadia''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008060744/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/arcadia/3c9e9ac6-f13f-4712-ae1b-24d9c0e5504b Archive.org])</ref> a [[human]] colony in the [[Procyon system]] governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]]. It was abandoned after the [[Battle of Arcadia]] in [[2531]] and destroyed by the [[Covenant]] in the [[Fall of Arcadia]] in [[2549]].
[[File:HW Risk Eire.png|300px|thumb|A map of Eire.{{Ref/Reuse|Risk}}]]
'''Eire''' was one of the six continents on the [[planet]] [[Arcadia]], a [[human]] [[Outer Colonies|Outer]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] in the [[Procyon system]] governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]].{{Ref/Site|Id=waypoint|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/arcadia/3c9e9ac6-f13f-4712-ae1b-24d9c0e5504b|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Arcadia|D=8|M=10|Y=2011}}{{Ref/Book|Id=evg|EVG|Page=12}}{{Ref/Reuse|Risk}}


==Territories==
==Overview==
There was nine existing provincial regions on the continent.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}<ref>'''[[Risk|Risk - Halo Wars]]'''</ref>{{Col-begin}}
===Topography and ecology===
There were nine{{Ref/Tabletop|Id=Risk|Risk|Halo Wars Risk}} existing provincial regions on the continent. The most popular province on the planet was Pirth.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{{Col-2}}
*Academ
*Academ
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{{Col-2}}
{{Col-2}}
*Kinross
*Kinross
*Pirth
*[[Pirth City|Pirth]]
*Slane
*Slane
*Skerries
*Skerries
{{Col-end}}
{{Col-end}}
==History==
===Human-Covenant War===
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
During the [[Battle for Arcadia]], the Covenant expended a considerable amount of resources to destroy Pirth City and its surrounding province.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 10:47, April 12, 2023

The continent of Eire on Arcadia.
A map of Eire.[1]

Eire was one of the six continents on the planet Arcadia, a human Outer Colony in the Procyon system governed by the Unified Earth Government.[2][3][1]

Overview[edit]

Topography and ecology[edit]

There were nine[1] existing provincial regions on the continent. The most popular province on the planet was Pirth.[2]

  • Academ
  • Aurburne
  • Boyne
  • Cliath
  • Derry
  • Kinross
  • Pirth
  • Slane
  • Skerries

History[edit]

Human-Covenant War[edit]

Main article: Human-Covenant War

During the Battle for Arcadia, the Covenant expended a considerable amount of resources to destroy Pirth City and its surrounding province.[2]

Trivia[edit]

Its name is most likely derived from the Gaelic name for Ireland, Éire.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Risk
  2. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Arcadia (Retrieved on Oct 8, 2011) [archive]
  3. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 12