Ireland joined the European Union in 1973 as a peripheral and relatively poor state with average per capita incomes at 62% of the EU average.
Chuaigh Eire isteach mar bhall den Aontas Eorpach sa bhliain 1973 agus Í ¡na stat forimeallach a bhi measartha bocht, le meánioncam per capita de 62% den mheán san AE.