.IE

TLD metadata Overview of the most important TLD-metadata for the .IE ccTLD
Create Instructions on the registration procedure for .IE through our portal
Transfer in
Instructions on requesting transfers for .IE to Realtime Register
Registrant change
Instructions on a registrant change for .IE through our portal
Transfer out
Instructions on how to transfer out .IE domains to another registrar
Registrant verification
Instructions on providing the correct documents to proof a connection to Ireland for .IE domain registrants
Add properties
Instructions on adding contact properties for the .IE ccTLD to a contact

TLD metadata .IE (Ireland)


Create

Important

In case you already have an existing registrant contact with contact properties added to it for .IE domains to use for the create, you can skip to step 3.

1
Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.

Important

Registrant contact details cannot contain any abbrevations (eg. R. Register as registrant name or company name). The full name of the registrant or company name (eg. Realtime Register) has to be provided, otherwise the create will fail.

2

Add contact properties for .IE (IERegistry) to the Registrant contact. For instructions on adding contact properties for .IE to a contact, go to the Add properties section of this knowledge base article.

3
Request the create through our portal. For instructions on the create process, go to the Create domain(s) knowledge base article.
4
Once requested, the create will complete real-time and the domain will receive a server_hold status from the registry untill the connection to Ireland is proven through documents that have to be provided to the registry by the registrant. For more information on the document requirements and completing registrant verification for .IE, go to the registrant verification section of this knowledge base article.
5
Once the documents have been provided to the registry and are approved, the domain will start resolving.

Transfer in

Important

In case you already have an existing registrant contact to use for the transfer, you can skip to step 2.

1
Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.
2

Add contact properties for .IE (IERegistry) to the Registrant contact. For instructions on adding contact properties for .IE to a contact, go to the Add properties section of this knowledge base article.

3

Make sure you're in posession of a valid authcode and request the transfer through our portal. For instructions on the transfer process, go to the Transfer domain(s) knowledge base article.

4
Once requested, the transfer will complete realt-time.

Important

Take note that a registrant change during a transfer is not possible for .IE domains. To accomodate a smooth transfer process, we parse the registrant contact data active on the domain prior to the transfer from the registry once the transfer is completed. Upon completion, a autohandle is applied that contains the registrant contact data as it was registered with the losing registrar. In case you need to change the registrant through a trade once the transfer has been completed, go to the registrant change section of this knowledge base article.


Registrant change

Important

In case you already have an existing registrant contact to use for the create, you can skip to step 2.

1
Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.
2

Add contact properties for .IE (IERegistry) to the Registrant contact. For instructions on adding contact properties for .IE to a contact, go to the Add properties section of this knowledge base article.

3

Open the domain detail page of the domain you wish to request a regsitrant change for and request the update to the new registrant contact. For instructions on how to start the domain update process, go the Update domain(s) knowledge base article.

4

Once requested, the registrant change will be requested with the registry and receives a suspended status. A connection to Ireland is to be proven by the new registrant through documents that have to be provided to the registry. For more information on the document requirements and completing registrant verification for .IE, go to the registrant verification section of this knowledge base article.

5

Once registrant verification is completed, the registrant change will be completed.


Transfer out

To transfer out a .IE domain, you're going to need an authcode.

1
To obtain the authcode through our portal, login to the portal, go to the domain overview and lookup the domain you want to retrieve the authcode for.

2

Provide the authcode to the registrant and have him/her request the transfer with his/her new registrar.


Registrant verification

Important

Registrants for .IE domains need to prove a connection to Ireland in order to be able to register their domain. For more informaiton on the requirements for the registrant to be able to register .IE domains, refer to the registry website.

1
Once a .IE create/registrant change has been completed, the registry requires the registrant to provide supporting documents to proof their connection to Ireland. To this end, the created/traded domain is placed on a server_hold status by the registry untill supporting documents proving a connection to Ireland have been provided.

2
Our support staff will contact you through email and will ask you to provide documents to provide documents that verifiy the registrant contact data.
3
Provide the required documents to our support staff through email. In case an update of the registrant contact data is necessary, our support staff will provide instructions to do so. Once the correct registrant contact data is in place, the registry lifts the server_hold status and the domain starts resolving.

Add Contact properties

To add contact properties for .IE (IERegistry) to a contact, go to the Contact properties knowledge base article and follow the instructions up until step #2. Once you've selected the .IE contact properties option, the below options will show up on screen;

Important

Contact properties for .IE have to match the registrant contact data. In case the contact properties and registrant information do not match up, creates/transfers/registrant changes will fail.

Submit the data as requested by the form and click save properties when you're done.

1
Relationship type with Ireland In this field, the relationship type with Ireland of the registrant has to be selected.

2
Supporting number In this field, the supporting number belonging to the registrant has to be provided.

3
Company number In this field, the company number of the registrant has to be provided.

4
You've now successfully added additional properties for .IE (IEregistry) domains to a contact.

Important

When a registrant resides in either Canada, The United states of America or The United Kingdom, you might run into the below error when adding contact properties for .IE to a contact;

A valid State/Province/County code has to be provided in the statefield of the contact you're trying to add the properties to. A full list of the options and format can be found below;

Canada
United states of America
United Kingdom

Canada

Province or Territory Two-Letter Code
Alberta AB
British Columbia BC
Manitoba MB
New Brunswick NB
Newfoundland and Labrador NL
Northwest Territories NT
Nova Scotia NS
Nunavut NU
Ontario ON
Prince Edward Island PE
Quebec QC
Saskatchewan SK
Yukon YT

United states of America

State Two-Letter Code
Alabama AL
Alaska AK
Arizona AZ
Arkansas AR
California CA
Colorado CO
Connecticut CT
Delaware DE
District of Columbia DC
Federated States of Micronesia FM
Florida FL
Georgia GA
Guam GU
Hawaii HI
Idaho ID
Illinois IL
Indiana IN
Iowa IA
Kansas KS
Kentucky KY
Louisiana LA
Maine ME
Marshall Islands MH
Maryland MD
Massachusetts MA
Michigan MI
Minnesota MN
Mississippi MS
Missouri MO
Montana MT
Nebraska NE
Nevada NV
New Hampshire NH
New Jersey JY
New Mexico NM
New York NY
North Carolina NC
North Dakota ND
Northern Mariana Islands MP
Ohio OH
Oklahoma OK
Oregon OR
Palau PW
Pennsylvania PA
Puerto Rico PR
Rhode Island RI
South Carolina SC
South Dakota SD
Tennessee TN
Texas TX
Utah UT
Vermont VT
Virgin Islands VI
Virginia VA
Washington WA
West Virginia WV
Wisconsin WI
Wyoming WY

United Kingdom

Region Code
Aberdeen City GB-ABE
Aberdeenshire GB-ABD
Angus GB-ANS
Antrim IE-AN
Antrim GB-ANT
Antrim and Newtownabbey GB-ANN
Ards and North Down GB-AND
Argyll and Bute GB-AGB
Armagh IE-AR
Armagh GB-ARM
Armagh City GB-ABC
Barking and Dagenham GB-BDG
Barnsley GB-BNS
Barnet GB-BNE
Bath and North East Somerset GB-BAS
Bedford GB-BDF
Belfast GB-BFS
Bexley GB-BEX
Birmingham GB-BIR
Blackburn with Darwen GB-BBD
Blackpool GB-BPL
Blaenau Gwent GB-BGW
Bolton GB-BOL
Bournemouth GB-BMH
Bracknell Forest GB-BRC
Bradford GB-BRD
Brent GB-BEN
Bridgend [Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr GB-POG] GB-BGE
Brighton and Hove GB-BNH
Bristol GB-BST
Bromley GB-BRY
Buckinghamshire GB-BKM
Bury GB-BUR
Caerphilly [Caerffili GB-CAF] GB-CAY
Calderdale GB-CLD
Cambridgeshire GB-CAM
Camden GB-CMD
Cardiff [Caerdydd GB-CRD] GB-CRF
Carlow IE-CW
Carmarthenshire [Sir Gaerfyrddin GB-GFY] GB-CMN
Causeway Coast and Glens GB-CCG
Cavan IE-CN
Central Bedfordshire GB-CBF
Ceredigion GB-CGN
Cheshire East GB-CHE
Chesire West & Chester GB-CHW
Clackmannanshire GB-CLK
Clare IE-CE
Conwy GB-CWY
Cork IE-CO
Cornwall GB-CON
Coventry GB-COV
Croydon GB-CRY
Cumbria GB-CMA
Darlington GB-DAL
Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych GB-DDB] GB-DEN
Derby GB-DER
Derbyshire GB-DBY
Derry IE-DE
Derry GB-DERR
Derry City and Strabane GB-DRS
Devon GB-DEV
Doncaster GB-DNC
Donegal IE-DL
Dorset GB-DOR
Down GB-DOW
Down IE-DO
Dublin IE-D
Dudley GB-DUD
Dumfries & Galloway GB-DGY
Dundee City GB-DND
Dungannon and South Tyrone GB-DGN
Durham County GB-DUR
Ealing GB-EAL
East Ayrshire GB-EAY
East Dunbartonshire GB-EDU
East Lothian GB-ELN
East Renfrewshire GB-ERW
East Riding of Yorkshire GB-ERY
East Sussex GB-ESX
Edinburgh, City of GB-EDH
Eilean Siar GB-ELS
Enfield GB-ENF
Essex GB-ESS
Falkirk GB-FAL
Fermanagh IE-FE
Fermanagh GB-FER
Fermanagh and Omagh GB-FMO
Fife GB-FIF
Flintshire [Sir y Fflint GB-FFL] GB-FLN
Galway IE-G
Gateshead GB-GAT
Glasgow City GB-GLG
Gloucestershire GB-GLS
Greenwich GB-GRE
Guernsey GB-GSY
Gwynedd GB-GWN
Hackney GB-HCK
Halton GB-HAL
Hammersmith and Fulham GB-HMF
Hampshire GB-HAM
Haringey GB-HRY
Harrow GB-HRW
Hartlepool GB-HPL
Havering GB-HAV
Herefordshire GB-HEF
Hertfordshire GB-HRT
Highland GB-HLD
Hillingdon GB-HIL
Hounslow GB-HNS
Inverclyde GB-IVC
Isle of Anglesey [Sir Ynys Môn GB-YNM] GB-AGY
Isle of Man GB-IOM
Isle of Wight GB-IOW
Isles of Scilly GB-IOS
Islington GB-ISL
Jersey GB-JSY
Kensington and Chelsea GB-KEC
Kent GB-KEN
Kerry IE-KY
Kildare IE-KE
Kilkenny IE-KK
Kingston upon Hull GB-KHL
Kingston upon Thames GB-KTT
Kirklees GB-KIR
Knowsley GB-KWL
Lambeth GB-LBH
Lancashire GB-LAN
Laois IE-LS
Leeds GB-LDS
Leicester GB-LCE
Leicestershire GB-LEC
Leitrim IE-LM
Lewisham GB-LEW
Limerick IE-LK
Lincolnshire GB-LIN
Lisburn and Castlereagh GB-LBC
Liverpool GB-LIV
London GB-LND
Longford IE-LD
Louth IE-LH
Luton GB-LUT
Manchester GB-MAN
Mayo IE-MO
Meath IE-MH
Medway GB-MDW
Merthyr Tydfil [Merthyr Tudful GB-MTU] GB-MTY
Merton GB-MRT
Mid and East Antrim GB-MEA
Mid Ulster GB-MUL
Middlesbrough GB-MDB
Midlothian GB-MLN
Milton Keynes GB-MIK
Monaghan IE-MN
Monmouthshire [Sir Fynwy GB-FYN] GB-MON
Moray GB-MRY
Neath Port Talbot [Castell-nedd Port Talbot GB-CTL] GB-NTL
Newcastel upon Tyne GB-NET
Newham GB-NWM
Newport [Casnewydd GB-CNW] GB-NWP
Newry GB-NMD
Norfolk GB-NFK
North Ayrshire GB-NAY
North East Lincolnshire GB-NEL
North Lanarkshire GB-NLK
North Lincolnshire GB-NLN
North Somerset GB-NSM
North Tyneside GB-NTY
North Yorkshire GB-NYK
Northamptonshire GB-NTH
Northumberland GB-NBL
Nottingham GB-NGM
Nottinghamshire GB-NTT
Offaly IE-OY
Oldham GB-OLD
Orkney Islands GB-ORK
Oxfordshire GB-OXF
Pembrokeshire [Sir Benfro GB-BNF] GB-PEM
Perth and Kinross GB-PKN
Peterborough GB-PTE
Plymouth GB-PLY
Poole GB-POL
Portsmouth GB-POR
Powys GB-POW
Reading GB-RDG
Redbridge GB-RDB
Redcar and Cleveland GB-RCC
Renfrewshire GB-RFW
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff [Rhondda, Cynon, Taf] GB-RCT
Richmond upon Thames GB-RIC
Rochdale GB-RCH
Roscommon IE-RN
Rotherham GB-ROT
Rutland GB-RUT
Salford GB-SLF
Sandwell GB-SAW
Scotland GB-SCT
Scottish Borders GB-SCB
Sefton GB-SFT
Sheffield GB-SHF
Shetland Islands GB-ZET
Shropshire GB-SHR
Sligo IE-SO
Slough GB-SLG
Solihull GB-SOL
Somerset GB-SOM
South Ayrshire GB-SAY
South Gloucestershire GB-SGC
South Lanarkshire GB-SLK
South Tyneside GB-STY
Southampton GB-STH
Southend-on-Sea GB-SOS
Southwark GB-SWK
St. Helens GB-SHN
Staffordshire GB-STS
Stirling GB-STG
Stockport GB-SKP
Stockton-on-Tees GB-STT
Stoke-on-Trent GB-STE
Suffolk GB-SFK
Sunderland GB-SND
Surrey GB-SRY
Sutton GB-STN
Swansea [Abertawe GB-ATA] GB-SWA
Swindon GB-SWD
Tameside GB-TAM
Telford and Wrekin GB-TFW
Thurrock GB-THR
Tipperary IE-TA
Torbay GB-TOB
Torfaen [Tor-faen] GB-TOF
Tower Hamlets GB-TWH
Trafford GB-TRF
Tyrone IE-TY
Tyrone GB-TYR
Vale of Glamorgan GB-VGL
Wakefield GB-WKF
Wales GB-WLS
Walsall GB-WLL
Waltham Forest GB-WFT
Wandsworth GB-WND
Warrington GB-WRT
Warwickshire GB-WAR
Waterford IE-WD
West Berkshire GB-WBK
West Dunbartonshire GB-WDU
West Lothian GB-WLN
West Sussex GB-WSX
Westmeath IE-WH
Westminster GB-WSM
Wexford IE-WX
Wicklow IE-WW
Wigan GB-WGN
Wiltshire GB-WIL
Windsor and Maidenhead GB-WNM
Wirral GB-WRL
Wokingham GB-WOK
Wolverhampton GB-WLV
Worcestershire GB-WOR
Wrexham [Wrecsam GB-WRC] GB-WRX
York GB-YOR
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