CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(B) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 906
                           OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Brendan Donohoe, President of The New Ireland Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant"),
certify that:

         1.     The Form N-CSR of the Registrant (the "Report")  fully complies
                with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.

Date:    JUNE 21, 2005                            /S/ BRENDAN DONOHOE
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                                                  Brendan Donohoe, President
                                                 (principal executive officer)

I, Lelia Long, Treasurer of The New Ireland Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant"),
certify that:

         1.     The Form N-CSR of the Registrant (the "Report")  fully complies
                with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.

Date:    JUNE 22, 2005                            /S/ LELIA LONG
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                                                  Lelia Long, Treasurer
                                                  (principal financial officer)