.irish

.irish
Introduced March 2015
TLD type top-level domain
Status Delegated
Intended use Money making
Registration restrictions No IDNs
Registry Website Dot-Irish

.irish is a new generic top-level domain (gTLD). The rights to run the domain were applied for in June 2012 by Dot-Irish LLC, a for-profit company in California, United States.[1] as part of an expansion of generic top-level domains by ICANN. The application was successful,[2] and the domain opened for registrations on 17 March 2015, with public registration opened on 25 June 2015.[3]

The average cost of a .irish domain is €16.48,[4] which is 33% cheaper than the average cost of a .ie domain (€24.95).[5]

Number of registered domains

On 5 May 2016, there were 2,142 registered .irish domain names.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ .Irish application details, ICANN
  2. ↑ https://www.icann.org/resources/agreement/irish-2014-08-07-en
  3. ↑ "DotIrish Launch Timeline". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ↑ .Irish figure taken from register365.com - 30 September 2015
  5. ↑ .ie figure taken from register365.com - 30 September 2015
  6. ↑ ".IRISH - TLDpedia - Domain Tools".
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