The New Ireland Fund, Inc. (IRL) Dividend Summary

IRISH INVT FD I is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company whose investment objective is long term capital appreciation through investment primarily in equity securities of Irish companies.

Last update 11/07/2008

Dividend Yield Summary

	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Dividends	$0.36	$5.22	$0	$0.16	$0.03	$0.089
Price	$9.21	$20.17	$36.8	$21.98	$21.11	$14.89
Yield	3.91 %	25.88 %	0 %	0.73 %	0.14 %	0.6 %

Earnings Information

Next Report Date	12/31/1969
Estimated EPS (year)	$0.00
Estimated EPS (quarter)	$0.00
Estimated EPS Growth	0.00%
Payout Ratio	0.00%
Payout change vs. 5 year average	0.00%

Dividend/Split History

Date	Amount Per Share/Split Ratio	Type
2007-11-14	$5.22000	Dividend
2005-11-09	$0.16000	Dividend
2004-12-15	$0.03000	Dividend
2003-12-17	$0.08900	Dividend

Company Profile

NEW IRELAND FD
Vanguard Financial Center
P.O. Box 1102 (MS #731)
Valley Forge, PA 19482, USA
Phone: 800 468-6475
Fax: 610 573-1991
Web:

Key Information

Sector:	Finance
Industry:	INVESTMENT FUNDS
Fiscal Year End:	October

Management

Sec.	Linda J. Hoard
Pres.; Treas.	Richard H. Rose
Chmn.	Peter J. Hooper

Competitors

SIC Code: 6726

Ticker	Company Name
GAB	GABELLI EQUITY
FDG	FORDING CDN CL
AINV	APOLLO INV CP
CNS	COHEN&STRS INC
RFI	COHEN & STEERS
ARCC	ARES CAP CP
DNP	DUFF&PHELPS UTL

The New Ireland Fund, Inc. IRL (NYSE) Financial Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate	0.00
Trailing 12 Months	0.00
PEG Ratio	0.00

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	0.00%
vs. Previous Quarter	0.00%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	0.00%
vs. Previous Quarter	0.00%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	0.00
Price/Cash Flow	0.00
Price/Sales	0.00

ROE
-	-
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ROA
-	-
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-	-

Current Ratio
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Quick Ratio
-	-
-	-
-	-

Operating Margin
-	-
-	-
-	-

Net Margin
-	-
-	-
-	-

Pre-Tax Margin
-	-
-	-
-	-

Book Value
-	-
-	-
-	-

Inventory Turnover
-	-
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-	-

Debt-to-Equity
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Debt-to-Capital
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Quick Quote

Updated as of 4:05pm

Last Trade:	4.91
Trade Time:	4:05pm
Change:	0.00
Open:	N/A
High:	N/A
Low:	N/A
Volume:	0

Security Details

Exchange	NYSE
CUSIP
Split Date	-
Split Factor	0
Shares outstanding	5.13
Beta	1.4

Detailed Quote as of 11/07/2008

Price	$9.20
52 Week High	$27.38
52 Week Low	$7.11
Price Change (4 weeks)	$4.55
Price Change (12 weeks)	$-36.94
Price Change (YTD)	$-54.39
Price Change (4 weeks) vs. S&P	$8.08
Price Change (12 weeks) vs. S&P	$-14.90
Price Change (YTD) vs. S&P	$0.00
Average Daily Volume (20 Days)	44,173
Market Capitalization	$47.19

Price History

Last Dividend Payout

Announcement Date	2007-11-14
Record Date	2007-11-14
Pay Date	2007-11-14
Amount Per Share	$5.22