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Settled in the nineteenth century, Tiravell has governed by civic consent since the Crown's settlement of 1912. Its Constitution and present national name were formally adopted on August 5, 2009.
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A growing collection of short stories, memories, reflections, and everyday moments shared by Tiravellan citizens—from ordinary days in Caeravell to family traditions, work, celebrations, and life beyond the village.
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The Tiravellan island community traces its settlement to the Landing of 1847. The royal house ceased exercising governing power under the civic settlement of 1912; citizens, including members of the royal family, formally adopted the Constitution and the name Constitutional Kingdom of Tiravell on August 5, 2009. Its sheltered coves, treeless green-brown headlands, and seafaring traditions remain the heart of island life.
Practical Information
Tiravell keeps its public standards simple and suited to a small North Atlantic island. These facts provide a common reference for residents, visitors, public offices, and correspondence.
National Communications
Tele-Tiravell administers a single national calling area. Standard numbers contain a one-digit service prefix followed by four subscriber digits: 2 XXXX for landlines and 3 XXXX for mobile service. Tiravell reserves +296 as its national calling designation, while 112 is the unified emergency number.
The complete plan records international and domestic formats, number allocations, essential-service short codes, network testing, and future capacity.
For more information on the numbering system, click hereThe People of Tiravell
Tiravell's population remains small but is now shared between two settled communities. Most Tiravellans live in and around Caeravell; New Galway forms a distinct west-coast settlement, while a smaller number occupy farms, cottages, and keeper's homes elsewhere. The live national record below gives the current total and distribution.
Across the Realm
Tiravell's landscape is maritime sub-Arctic rather than barren: treeless headlands carry wind-bent grass, moss, sedges, berry heath, sea pinks, and low scrub through the short summer. Simple stone homes and compact settlements remain close to sheltered water, while substantial food growing takes place under glass.
The Tiravellan Story
Ten families from Galway, Clare, and Donegal reached Covenant Cove in a storm. Most survived their first year, though some died. Loss and arguments could have broken the settlement; the families shared supplies and settled disputes. Survivors later returned to Ireland for relatives when the island was more stable.
The households pledged shared care and open decisions, even through arguments. Matthew and Eliza's young family organized stores and repairs and helped unite the settlers; their family became Tiravell's royal line. Later tensions were worked through together.
Islanders loved the royal family but resented royal rule. As disputes neared civil war, James and Violet voluntarily gave up governing power. Public decisions passed to the Assembly; the Crown kept a ceremonial place. The customary surrender was not yet a binding written bar on restoring royal power.
Around 9/11, fear of a royal return to full power resurfaced and kept returning. Queen Maureen was the direct descendant and retained the Crown's standing after her husband, James, left. Older custom had treated heir and spouse as joint rulers; some feared James would fight to regain power and feared him personally.
Maureen's physical incapacity revived the fear. She chose a binding Constitution and a new reign to begin at its signing.
Citizens and members of the royal family adopted the Constitution and national name. Maureen passed the ceremonial Crown to King Kevin and Queen Shannon. No monarch could decree a return to governing power.
After years of phased public works, Tiravell dedicated its infrastructure and opened the completed wind, wave, and solar district on July 2. The Gazette and national website opened in September.
The Constitutional Compact
Formally adopted on August 5, 2009, Tiravell's Constitution made the 1912 surrender of royal rule legally binding after decades of uncertainty: a ceremonial Crown, government by the people, and a strong social commonwealth. No monarch can decree a return to governing power.
The monarch serves as ceremonial head of state, representing continuity, public service, and the unity of the realm.
Every resident aged sixteen or older belongs to the Assembly and holds one equal vote on the laws and public measures of Tiravell. Debate is held publicly, while secure ballots may be cast from home or at an assisted voting station.
The Assembly chooses an eligible Tiravellan citizen older than thirty to lead the government for a three-year term and remain accountable to the people. Royal family members may stand on the same terms, but must suspend royal duties while serving.
Three judges, elected directly by the people, administer justice independently and may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the full Assembly.
Supreme Law of the Realm
We, the people of Tiravell, joined by mutual care and equal dignity, establish this Constitution so that liberty may be protected, power may remain answerable to the people, the necessities of life may be shared fairly, and the island may be preserved for those who follow.
Open the Living Constitution · Google DocsUnder the Constitution adopted on August 5, 2009, Tiravell is a parliamentary constitutional kingdom and a democratic socialist commonwealth. Sovereignty belongs equally to the people. The Crown, Assembly, First Minister, courts, and every public body possess only the authority granted by this Constitution.
Every resident of Tiravell who is sixteen years of age or older is a voting member of the Assembly of the Isle. Each member holds one equal vote. This civic franchise does not otherwise confer adulthood: for all other purposes a person becomes an adult at eighteen, subject only to carefully limited laws on matters such as medical consent, education, employment, emancipation, and safeguarding.
Eligible members of the Royal Family vote on exactly the same basis as every other member. A royal title confers no additional vote, weighted vote, or authority to override the Assembly.
For each formal ballot, an eligible member receives a secure, single-use voting code and may vote electronically from home. Identity verification is separated from the secret ballot, and the published count is independently checked. Government House provides accessible voting terminals and assistance, while sealed paper ballots and a paper register remain available during outages or whenever a member prefers them.
The Assembly collectively elects the First Minister from among the citizens of Tiravell who are older than thirty years of age. The First Minister directs the government, carries out the Assembly's decisions, and remains accountable to it. Each term lasts three years. No person may serve more than three three-year terms, whether consecutive or separate.
A member of the Royal Family may be elected First Minister if otherwise eligible, with no preference arising from title. Upon taking office, that person must suspend all ceremonial royal duties and privileges for the term, exercise no authority by reason of royal title, and not act for the Crown. Royal duties pass temporarily to the next eligible family member or another person designated by law.
If no willing and qualified citizen older than thirty remains who has served fewer than three terms, the Assembly may, by a two-thirds vote, permit a former First Minister to serve one additional three-year term. This exception must be reconsidered before every additional term and ends as soon as another eligible candidate is available.
The Monarch is the ceremonial Head of State and a guardian of continuity, culture, and public service. The Crown does not govern, veto the democratic will, set taxes, or command public funds. Royal duties must be performed in accordance with this Constitution and the decisions of the Assembly.
Land, water, energy, harbours, fisheries, communications, and other resources essential to the common life shall be protected for public benefit. Essential services shall be publicly or cooperatively owned wherever practical. Personal property and small private enterprise are protected, provided they do not exploit labour, endanger the island, or place private power above the common good.
All people are equal in inherent dignity and before the law. Tiravell welcomes people of every origin, identity, family, appearance, ability, relationship, belief, and lawful way of life, whether or not they resemble the founders or present majority. A lawful private life that causes no unlawful harm to another cannot be a basis for punishment, exclusion, discrimination, or diminished rights.
Although most Tiravellans shared a Catholic or other Christian faith when the Constitution was adopted, no faith is established or given civil preference. Every faith—and every person of no faith—is equally welcome and protected.
The public celebration or broadcast of Christmas music and other seasonal traditions, including through Radio Tiravell, is cultural expression and does not establish or imply an official religion or religious affiliation of the realm.
Every resident has a right to healthcare, education, safe housing, sufficient food and water, basic energy, care in childhood and old age, and assistance in disability or hardship. These guarantees are public duties and may not be withheld for inability to pay.
Workers have the right to fair pay, safe conditions, collective organization, and a democratic voice in their workplaces. The realm shall favour cooperatives, local production, shared prosperity, and useful work over monopoly or the accumulation of excessive private wealth. Taxation shall be progressive and openly accounted for.
The judicial branch consists of three judges elected directly by the people of Tiravell. Judges serve staggered nine-year terms and may serve no more than three terms in total, allowing a maximum of twenty-seven years of service. Each judge must decide matters independently, impartially, and according to this Constitution and the law. A judge may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the full Assembly of the Isle.
Every accused person is presumed innocent, entitled to counsel, and entitled to a fair and public hearing. Justice shall respect human dignity and favour restoration, public safety, and reintegration.
The sea, coast, wildlife, climate, and cultural inheritance of Tiravell are held in trust for future generations. Public decisions must consider ecological limits, long-term resilience, and the duty to leave the realm whole and habitable.
Emergency authority must be necessary, limited, and publicly declared. It expires after thirty days unless renewed by a two-thirds vote of the Assembly. Elections, equal protection, access to the courts, and the prohibition of cruel treatment may never be suspended.
Tiravell has no standing military and permits no conscription. Under lawful civilian authority, every person may choose whether to volunteer for defense or civil protection, or to decline, without punishment, discrimination, condemnation, or loss of rights.
This Constitution is the highest law of Tiravell. An amendment requires public notice, at least thirty days of open debate, and approval by two-thirds of the full Assembly. No amendment may abolish equal voting, democratic government, human dignity, or the people's ultimate sovereignty.
A child is a citizen from birth if, at the time of birth, at least one parent is a Tiravellan citizen ordinarily resident in Tiravell. A temporary absence from Tiravell—including travel, vacation, government service, or employment abroad under a temporary work visa—does not interrupt that residence or the child's citizenship. A child born in Tiravell who otherwise would be stateless is also a citizen from birth.
Full citizenship may be granted by a majority vote of the Assembly following a public petition. Each member of the Royal Family may nominate no more than three persons per calendar year; a royal nominee receives full citizenship unless two-thirds of the full Assembly votes to deny the nomination.
Honorary citizenship may be bestowed by the Assembly, but does not confer residency, voting membership, public office, or a claim upon the island's land or public services.
The People's House
This modest civic building contains the public meeting hall of the Assembly of the Isle, the working office of the First Minister, and the courtroom shared by Tiravell's three elected judges. The hall hosts debates and public sessions without requiring every Assembly member to attend in person.
Assembly meetings and court hearings are ordinarily open to the public and carried through the national communications network. Members may debate in person or remotely and cast secure ballots from home using a single-use code; accessible terminals and sealed paper ballots remain available at Government House.
Open Government
Explore the realm's offices, laws, notices, treaties, and essential services through its public records.
The current Crown, ministry, Assembly, judiciary, and principal public-service officeholders.
Open directory ↗ 02The constitutional register, proceedings, certified ballot totals, audit records, proclamations, amendments, and Royal Assent.
Open legislative record ↗ 03The current national status, storm and ferry notices, clinic guidance, and emergency instructions.
Open notice board ↗ 04A living account of population, institutions, services, work, environment, and the year's developments.
Open national report ↗ 05The public archive of friendship instruments, cooperative understandings, cultural exchanges, and other relations beyond the island.
Open treaties folder ↗ 06The national calling designation, landline and mobile prefixes, emergency short codes, service allocations, and long-term capacity.
Open numbering plan ↗ 07The living record of phased works since 2009, including water, harbour, food, transport, and the 2023–2026 wind, wave, and solar programme.
Open infrastructure record ↗Live Officials Directory
The Crown, government, judiciary, and principal public-service officeholders.
Open the living directory in Google Docs ↗Belonging to Tiravell
Because land, housing, and natural resources are very limited, full citizenship is granted carefully and not often. Every decision must protect both the applicant's dignity and the island's ability to provide for its people.
A child is a citizen from birth when at least one parent is a Tiravellan citizen ordinarily resident in Tiravell. Birth overseas during travel, vacation, government service, or employment under a temporary work visa does not change that right. A child born in Tiravell who otherwise would be stateless is also a citizen from birth.
An applicant presents a public petition and a commitment to uphold the Constitution, share in civic responsibilities, and respect the island's ecological limits. The people consider the petition in the Assembly, and a majority vote grants full citizenship.
Each member of the Royal Family may nominate no more than three individuals in a calendar year. A nominee receives full citizenship unless two-thirds of the full Assembly votes to deny the nomination. The Royal Dog holds affection and honour, but no constitutional nominating power.
A person granted full citizenship receives the rights and duties of Tiravellan citizenship. Once residing in Tiravell and aged sixteen or older, that citizen also becomes an equal voting member of the Assembly and may participate fully in government.
The Assembly may bestow honorary citizenship for exceptional friendship or service to Tiravell. It is a public honour and does not by itself grant residency, an Assembly vote, public office, or a claim upon the island's limited land and services.
The Royal Household
The royal line began with Matthew and Eliza's young family, whose practical leadership helped unite the first settlers. Before 1912 the direct heir and spouse customarily ruled together. James and Violet voluntarily yielded governing power that year. Queen Maureen, though physically unwell, chose the written Constitution and a new reign: when it was signed in 2009, King Kevin and Queen Shannon took over the ceremonial Crown. The Constitution made the 1912 surrender binding.
Members of the Royal Family retain their family surname in civil life, but use territorial styles in ceremony, such as King Kevin of Tiravell, Queen Shannon of Tiravell, Prince Aaron of Tiravell, and Prince Quinn of Tiravell. They vote as equals with every other eligible Assembly member. A member may become First Minister if otherwise qualified, but must suspend royal duties and privileges throughout the elected term. The ceremonial house name House de Tiravell refers to the royal household of Tiravell and does not erase its earlier predecessors.
Royal Household Register
The current members of the Royal Household.
The modest residence of the Royal Household reflects Tiravell's tradition of service without grandeur. The national flag flies above the grounds, while the royal carriage is kept for ceremonial occasions.
Irminger Basin · 61.5°N, 34°W
Very small and deliberately secluded, Tiravell rests in the Irminger Basin at approximately 61.5°N, 34°W, about 200–250 nautical miles east of Southeast Greenland and west of Iceland. Its position near the western flank of the Reykjanes Ridge places it under greater Atlantic-water influence than the Greenland shelf, moderating the deepest Arctic cold while preserving cool ocean weather, long summer light, dark winter skies, and occasional distant drift ice or icebergs.
Regional location map · marker labelled with the official approximate coordinates
Beyond the Horizon
At Tiravell's position in the Irminger Basin, both Greenland and Iceland remain below the horizon even in exceptionally clear air. Christmas Hill offers a wide Atlantic view of sea, weather, migrating birds, passing vessels, and occasional distant ice, but no neighbouring country's coastline is visible from the island.
Illustrative clear-day view from Christmas Hill. Greenland and Iceland both remain beyond the visible horizon.
Within the Realm
Tiravell is now officially about 8⅓ kilometres long and 7¼ kilometres wide: a broad, irregular island only slightly longer than it is wide. Loch Ireland occupies the protected centre, and the Solais Stream descends toward Caeravell's sheltered harbour. The compact regional airfield occupies an open northeastern plateau, while a second helipad beside the clinic provides direct patient loading near Caeravell. New Galway remains a separate west-coast settlement, with Christmas Hill, farms, glasshouses, scattered cottages, keeper's homes, and conserved open ground distributed between them. Houses and low-rise apartment buildings are grouped symbolically rather than plotted as a house-by-house survey.
The capital, principal harbour, and home of most Tiravellans.
The island's central freshwater lake, feeding the harbour by the Solais Stream.
The sheltered landing place of the first settlers and focus of Landing Day.
A treeless western height of mossy turf, sedges, low berry heath, exposed rock, footpaths, and a few outlying homes.
The lighthouse guarding the eastern approaches to the island.
Home of the modest transmitter serving Radio Tiravell.
The island's 120-seat theatre and picture house, just above the village green.
A secluded burial ground on the uninhabited western headland, well beyond the capital's settled area.
A ten-room bed-and-breakfast near the harbour for the island's small number of overnight visitors.
Thirty donated offshore turbines and six anchored wave-energy converters share one northwestern energy zone, supplying Tiravell and producing certified green hydrogen and ammonia for export.
The district combines 7.5 hectares of food-production glasshouses with the separate 1.5-hectare public Glasshouse Park, for nine central hectares in all. Additional cooperative growing ranges at outlying farms are not included in that total.
On the northwest working shore, wind and wave power reaches battery storage, grid controls, water electrolysis, and the safely separated renewable-fuels yard.
A compact filtration building beside the protected loch and an elevated water tower on higher ground supply Caeravell and outlying homes.
Twin breakwaters shelter the working harbour. A smaller rubble-mound arm and reinforced shore protect the neighbouring residential inlet without closing it to small boats or the natural movement of water.
A smaller west-coast settlement of houses, modest apartment buildings, and a working quay protected by a short rubble-mound breakwater.
A compact paved runway, weather station, rescue hangar, airport helipad, and clinic-side helipad provide scheduled regional flights, urgent medical evacuation, mail, and light cargo.
Food Security & Island Enterprise
Tiravell combines protected growing, limited summer grazing, small cooperative farms, and renewable power so that a remote maritime sub-Arctic island can feed itself more reliably, support local work, and earn income beyond its shores.
Several storm-strengthened growing ranges across 7.5 hectares produce vegetables, greens, tomatoes, berries, herbs, and selected fruit throughout the year. Rainwater collection, careful crop rotation, and climate controls reduce Tiravell's dependence on weather-delayed imports. Smaller farm glasshouses distributed around the island provide additional growing space beyond the central complex.
A separate 1.5-hectare warm public garden brings food growing and community life together. Residents walk among planted beds, meet through the darker months, and visit its small ice-cream counter and hot-dog and pretzel cart. Its area is not counted within the 7.5-hectare food-production complex.
Storm-strengthened cooperative glasshouse ranges beside outlying farms supply vegetables, berries, herbs, and nursery plants to New Galway and rural households. Outdoors, only small sheltered beds of hardy roots, kale, and herbs are dependable. The greenhouses remain smaller than the national complex near Caeravell but add meaningful capacity and resilience.
Compact cattle and hardy sheep graze coarse maritime turf during the short growing season, using stone-and-turf windbreaks for shelter. Winter housing, stored silage, and imported reserve fodder keep the herds deliberately small.
Cold-hardy chickens and pigs spend most severe-weather periods in dry, ventilated housing. Sheltered gravel runs and small rotating paddocks are used when conditions permit; neither species depends on year-round open pasture.
Northwest Shoals
Planning and shore works began in 2023. The Northwest Shoals Wind Farm's first fifteen offshore turbines were connected in 2024 and the second fifteen in 2025, with final grid integration in 2026. Gifts from Denmark and Greenland, Iceland, the European Union, the United States, and partnering governments supported the district. Tiravell dedicated the completed wind, wave, and solar programme on July 2, 2026, after commissioning had taken place in stages.
At approximately one megawatt per turbine, the wind farm meets Tiravell's domestic needs, supports greenhouse growing and island electrification, and supplies surplus power to the national renewable-fuels works.
Income from certified green-hydrogen and green-ammonia exports first maintains the wind farm, renewable-fuels works, and island grid and builds an emergency reserve. The remaining proceeds help fund the clinic, school, Island Trolley, and food-growing projects, easing the cost of essential services for island households.
One offshore substation and subsea connection bring generation ashore in the northwest, preserving the southern coast and harbour approaches. Éire Energy House gives priority to island demand and battery reserves before directing genuine surplus electricity to water electrolysis. A safely separated synthesis and storage yard converts most export hydrogen into easier-to-ship green ammonia, while emergency plant protects essential services during calm weather.
Fishing access, seabird movement, navigation, and protected coastal views form part of the project's continuing environmental oversight.
Atlantic Swell
Northwest Shoals Wave-Energy ArrayInstalled during 2025–2026, six anchored point-absorber converters rise and fall with the exposed northwest swell. Subsea cables carry their electricity to Éire Energy House, where it joins wind and solar generation.
The compact array supplements power during cloudy weather and lighter winds. Its spacing keeps navigation and fishing corridors open, while marine monitoring and seasonal maintenance safeguards protect seabirds and coastal habitat.
Northwest Working Shore
Éire Energy HouseBuilt during 2025–2026, the long, low, storm-hardened Éire Energy House sits inland from the exposed northwest shore, beside the energy district's landward connection. Its grid-control room, power-conversion equipment, and separately protected battery bays balance wind, wave, and solar output, store short-term reserves, and give island services first claim on every unit of generation.
Surplus electricity powers desalination, purification, and electrolysers that produce certified green hydrogen. Some hydrogen is retained for emergency energy and controlled marine use; most is converted into green ammonia in a bunded, continuously monitored fuels yard separated from homes, farms, and public roads. The ammonia is transferred through a dedicated loading berth to the TSS Tiravell for export as marine and industrial fuel, with fertilizer production providing a second market.
Conventional solar panels were fitted to the broad roof in 2026. Fire detection, gas monitoring, water curtains, remote shut-offs, and a trained industrial response crew protect the site, while the fuels yard remains outside Caeravell's passenger harbour and quieter coastal landscapes.
National Infrastructure & Essential Services
Tiravell combines generous renewable capacity with compact public systems designed for isolation, severe weather, careful use of land, and the everyday needs of a close-knit population.
Protected catchments, drinking-water treatment, wastewater works, and essential-service reserves were strengthened.
Harbour berths and winter stores expanded; fibre, wireless coverage, and emergency communications followed.
Outlying farm glasshouses, electric trolley service, the 7.5-hectare food-production complex, and the separate 1.5-hectare Glasshouse Park arrived in successive projects.
Rooftop solar trials and Northwest Shoals shore works began in 2023; the first fifteen turbines connected in 2024.
The second fifteen turbines, six-unit wave-energy array, battery storage, Éire Energy House, green-hydrogen and ammonia works, wider solar-roof programme, regional airfield, and rescue aviation service completed the recent infrastructure buildout.
At Caeravell Harbour, the Assembly, Crown, project crews, farmers, mariners, and schoolchildren honoured years of public works. A symbolic light powered by stored wind, wave, and solar energy marked the opening of the completed renewable district.
The thirty Northwest Shoals turbines remain the main national power source, joined by six point-absorber converters that draw energy from the Atlantic swell. Éire Energy House balances wind, wave, and solar output through battery-supported grid controls, then turns genuine surplus generation into green hydrogen and exportable green ammonia. Rooftop solar began with a 2023 pilot and spread through 2026; nearly every structurally suitable permanent building now carries discreet solar slates, solar shingles, or low-profile integrated panels.
Protected catchments and rainwater feed Loch Ireland. The filtration works and elevated tower have been expanded to maintain pressure and a larger treated reserve for Caeravell, New Galway, and outlying homes. Emergency desalination provides a further safeguard. The enclosed wastewater works has likewise gained reserve treatment capacity for population growth and seasonal demand.
Food and garden waste becomes compost for farms and public planting. A compact refuse-and-recycling vehicle serves both settlements, while a shared utilities vehicle supports water, electrical, road, and storm repairs. Reusable materials are repaired or recirculated locally; specialist and hazardous waste leaves on scheduled supply vessels.
Fibre and wireless service reaches every home, farm, business, and public building, with microwave and satellite backup. Radio Tiravell and the national website carry public and emergency information.
Caeravell Harbour coordinates passengers, freight, medicine, mail, fuel, and food. Expanded strategic stores and distributed emergency cupboards maintain several weeks of essential supplies, with additional winter reserves for healthcare, food, water treatment, transport, and New Galway's response shelter.
Renewable electricity supports expanded greenhouse heat, food storage, the Island Trolley, emergency vehicles, and small electric service vehicles. Additional cold storage and staple reserves serve both settlements. Infrastructure planning protects farmland, freshwater, fisheries, seabirds, coastal access, and the island's visual character.
Freshwater & Public Health
Loch Ireland Water WorksWater drawn from the protected loch is filtered, disinfected, and regularly checked before it reaches Caeravell, New Galway, farms, the clinic, and the glasshouses. The stone-clad tower above the works stores an enlarged treated reserve and helps keep the island's supply steady during power interruptions and busy harbour days.
Rainwater collection and an emergency desalination unit supplement the system during dry spells. The drinking-water plant is distinct from the expanded enclosed wastewater works, protecting the loch and the harbour while retaining capacity for future growth.
The complete living record explains the island's infrastructure, emergency safeguards, and amendment process in greater detail.
Read the Infrastructure & Essential Services documentTravelling to Tiravell
Tiravell Regional Airfield and Caeravell Harbour provide two independent links with the wider North Atlantic. At approximately 61.5°N, 34°W, the island remains closer to Southeast Greenland than to Iceland. Scheduled turboprop services normally connect through Greenland, with a less frequent Iceland link carrying passengers, mail, medicine, and light freight.
The larger national ferries remain the island's dependable heavy-cargo and passenger connection. Flights and sailings are both weather-dependent: the airport authority or harbourmaster may delay departures whenever wind, visibility, icing, or sea conditions make travel unsafe.
Regional turboprops normally link Tiravell with a suitable Greenland airport several times each week. Passenger places share the aircraft with mail, medicine, urgent parts, and limited light freight.
A less frequent direct turboprop service links Tiravell with Iceland. It provides an alternate medical, commercial, and onward-travel route when conditions and demand permit.
The TSS Aaron and TSS Quinn provide scheduled mixed passenger-and-freight sailings. Their enclosed vehicle and cargo decks carry food, machinery, building supplies, accompanied vehicles, mail, and winter reserves.
The Island Trolley meets scheduled arrivals when practical, while accessible electric taxis handle luggage, clinic journeys, and delayed passengers. Advance booking remains customary because aircraft seats, cabins, and guest rooms are limited.
A single approximately 1,350-metre paved runway supports short-field regional turboprops, medical aircraft, mail, and light cargo. The low terminal includes weather observation, fire cover, de-icing equipment, a rescue hangar, and a sheltered passenger room rather than the facilities of a large commercial airport.
A separate helipad beside the clinic permits direct patient loading. Tiravell owns one medium twin-engine helicopter, operated and maintained by a contracted professional crew as Tiravell Air Rescue One. It serves search and rescue, medical evacuation, offshore inspections, and urgent island work. Planned missions can reach the nearest suitable Greenland facilities; routine travel and the longer Iceland route remain fixed-wing responsibilities.
The raised stone-and-timber berth serves ferries, supply ships, and larger visiting vessels. A lower floating stage rises with the tide and gives seaplanes, water taxis, and small boats a safer place to load and unload.
Two curved stone-and-concrete breakwaters reach from opposite sides of Caeravell Harbour, leaving a carefully marked opening for ferries and fishing vessels. Their armoured outer faces take the force of winter seas, while navigation lights mark the entrance and the water inside remains substantially calmer.
A low sea wall protects the working waterfront from surge and spray. Sloped rock armour reinforces the capital's most exposed edges by absorbing wave energy rather than simply reflecting it toward neighbouring buildings. The defences are concentrated around Caeravell and its maritime platform; Tiravell's remaining coastline is kept predominantly natural.
The adjoining residential inlet receives lighter protection because its headlands already remove much of the open-ocean force. One shorter rubble-mound arm, a broad small-boat opening, and reinforced house-lined shore reduce storm waves while preserving circulation through the cove.
Caeravell's National Fleet
Tiravell's enlarged, ocean-going fleet gives passenger travel, essential freight, fisheries work, and renewable-energy exports dedicated capacity with useful backup. Sailings are coordinated through Caeravell Harbour and remain subject to weather, berth capacity, cargo compatibility, and safe navigation.
The principal roll-on/roll-off ferry carries residents, visitors, mail, medicines, accompanied vehicles, refrigerated food, and priority supplies. Enclosed lounges, accessible cabins, and a strengthened freight deck make multi-day weather delays more manageable and allow the vessel to support evacuation or relief work.
A second ocean-going roll-on/roll-off vessel brings building materials, machinery, food, and winter reserves while carrying passengers in certified cabins and lounges. It provides schedule resilience when the Aaron is in maintenance and can lead heavy-cargo, storm-relief, or community evacuation sailings.
The national fisheries and environmental ship supports fishing crews, surveys coastal waters, and undertakes exploratory voyages. A flexible working deck, refrigerated hold, passenger berths, and pallet capacity allow it to carry people and compatible goods when research or fishing duties leave room.
A purpose-built small products carrier exports green ammonia from the northwest renewable-fuels berth and returns with approved industrial supplies. Its ammonia tanks, dry deck cargo, ventilation, monitoring, and emergency systems remain physically segregated. For safety, it carries only its professional crew and authorised technicians while loaded with ammonia—not ordinary passengers.
Tiravell Island Trolley
Known locally simply as the Trolley, Tiravell’s national transit service links Caeravell, New Galway, outlying homes, essential services, and the headlands. Its old-fashioned streetcar exterior conceals a modern battery-electric drivetrain: rubber tyres run quietly on a narrow dedicated lane, avoiding the cost and disruption of rails and overhead wires.
Vehicles can operate together, cover school journeys, or rotate through maintenance.
Low-floor access with space for a wheelchair or pram.
A complete loop of the broader 8⅓-kilometre island; shorter settlement journeys remain much quicker.
More frequent in the main season; hourly in winter.
The fleet supports the island loop, simultaneous Caeravell–New Galway journeys, maintenance cover, school travel, royal occasions, and busy visitor days. Additional vehicles may be commissioned as demand develops.
Warm timber and brass give the cabin its traditional character, while quiet electric power and step-free boarding serve schoolchildren, older citizens, residents, and visitors.
The Island Loop
Gold-ringed stops are request stops. The driver continues unless a passenger asks to alight or someone is waiting.
Public Timetable
Times may pause briefly for severe weather, funerals, emergency access, or livestock moving along a shared stretch of lane.
| Season & day | First loop | Last loop | Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring–autumn · Mon–Sat | 07:00 | 21:00 | Every 30 min |
| Spring–autumn · Sunday | 08:00 | 20:00 | Every 60 min |
| Winter · Daily | 08:00 | 18:00 | Every 60 min |
| Winter · School days | 07:30 extra | 15:30 extra | School journeys |
| Festivals & performances | Published for each event | Additional service · opposite directions | |
Bookable Mobility Service
Tiravell operates a small fleet of autonomous electric taxis. They can be booked by residents and registered guests for clinic visits, accessible door-to-door travel, luggage transfers, late arrivals, and trips outside the regular trolley timetable.
The fleet provides working and charging reserve, serves both settlements, and can be increased if demand, accessibility needs, or visitor numbers require it. Low speeds and geofenced island roads suit Tiravell’s scale, while remote supervision and manual fallback procedures remain part of the service.
The taxis supplement walking, cycling, and the public loop; they are not intended as everyday private cars.
Money & Exchange
The national currency is the vell, issued in 1, 5, 10, and 20 vell notes alongside a small series of coins. One vell is divided into one hundred tides.
The Royal Treasury and Island Reserve oversees issuance and maintains a conservative reserve of foreign currency and essential commodities. Everyday prices are set in vells, while electronic payments and cash are both accepted throughout the realm.
Travel Document of the Realm
Issued in deep navy with the golden triskele and a subtle pattern of Atlantic waves, the passport reflects the same colours carried by the flag. Its interior records citizenship in both the constitutional kingdom and the island community that sustains it.
Because Tiravell is so small, applications and renewals are handled personally through Government House rather than a separate passport agency.
Culture & Heritage
Tiravellan culture draws on Celtic-inspired music, knotwork, storytelling, coastal craft, and a deep respect for the sea. Community gatherings keep old tales beside new ideas.
Between sea and sky,
we keep the light. — Traditional Tiravellan saying
National Symbols & Traditions
Tiravell's national symbols come from the cliffs, coves, working harbour, and Celtic inheritance of its people.
Small, steadfast, and perfectly at home on the North Atlantic cliffs.
The pink coastal flower that finds a way to bloom in salt wind and thin soil.
A traditional Celtic symbol of protection, planted beside homes and public buildings.
A familiar presence in the cove and a symbol of the island's bond with the sea.
The fish that sustained the first settlers and remains central to the harbour economy.
Smoked whitefish, potatoes, leeks, carrots, and herbs, served with warm oat bread.
A quiet anthem of endurance, neighbourly duty, and keeping the light for one another.
A reminder that the worth of a country is not measured by the space it occupies.
Sea, peace, land, and the unbroken continuity represented by the golden triskele.
Known locally as the Cove Cast. Skips are counted first and distance breaks a tie. The annual final is conducted with cheerfully unreasonable seriousness.
Tiravellan Folklore
Before Tiravell had a name, a fisherman called Fiach freed a great silver seal and was offered any wish. Instead of asking for a castle or gold, he asked that no one on the shore go hungry through the winter.
The old tale says the seal answered not with treasure but with a lesson: gather the neighbours, bring what each household can spare, and share it. The story is now told beside Tiravellan hearths as an early expression of the promise later written into the Covenant of the Cove.
“A full house next to empty ones isn't much of a house at all.”Read the complete illustrated tale
The National Anthem
Written in a stately six-eight time, the anthem is sung at Constitution Day, the opening of the Assembly, and the close of Landing Day.
From the cove where our forebears came,
Through the storm and silver rain,
Hands together, hearth and harbour,
Guard the shore and keep the flame.
Between sea and sky, we keep the light,
Crown and people, equal in right.
Small our island, strong our care,
Tiravell, our home, forever fair.
Rowan bends above the headland,
Puffins wheel on northern air,
Every voice within the Assembly
Builds the common future there.
Between sea and sky, we keep the light,
Crown and people, equal in right.
Small our island, strong our care,
Tiravell, our home, forever fair.
National Broadcasting Service
Listen here for music, island stories, public notices, Assembly coverage, and programmes from Caeravell. The player carries the live broadcast whenever the station is on air.
Radio Tiravell is the island nation's only radio station. Tiravell does not operate a national television station; residents instead receive television broadcasts from various English-speaking nations.
Tiravell cherishes its Christmas celebrations, so Christmas music can be heard throughout the year on the nation's only national radio station. Older Irish music is also heard throughout the day, alongside island stories, public notices, and occasional radio programmes. Its broadcast is a cultural tradition and does not establish or imply any official religious affiliation; Radio Tiravell serves listeners of every faith and of no faith.
Radio Tiravell · LivePress play to listen
Not hearing a programme? The station may be off air between scheduled broadcasts.
The national transmitter stands above Caeravell, carrying music, public notices, island stories, and Assembly coverage across Tiravell's roughly eight-kilometre span.
Caeravell, New Galway & Island Life
Caeravell remains Tiravell's capital and principal harbour, with Government House, the school, clinic, cooperative store, post office, and Playhouse & Picture House. New Galway is a quieter west-coast community with its own small quay. Both settlements combine stone houses with modest two- and three-storey apartment buildings, allowing more people to live close to services without overwhelming the landscape. Just uphill from Caeravell lies Loch Ireland, the freshwater lake that has supplied the capital since its founding.
The community school serves roughly 75–95 children across five or six mixed-age classrooms, with a library, practical arts room, assembly hall and gym, playground, and teaching garden.
The capital mixes traditional houses, homes above shops, and several low-rise apartment buildings around its walkable harbour neighbourhoods.
The TV3 settlement has houses and small apartment buildings above a west-coast quay, plus a cooperative grocery and postal counter, public storm shelter, emergency stores, and a compact response bay.
Most short journeys are made on foot or bicycle. The expanded electric Trolley and bookable mobility fleets connect both settlements, while harbour boats serve the coves. Fleet capacity is reviewed as needs change.
Cool summers, salt wind, fast-changing skies, long summer light, and dark winters shape the rhythm of work and gathering.
Rain and hillside springs feed Loch Ireland. The narrow Solais Stream carries its overflow through the village valley and into Caeravell harbour.
Cove Stew, oat bread, smoked fish, potatoes, and preserved berries appear often at meals shared among families and neighbours.
Christmas Hill
Loch Ireland
Caeravell
Covenant Cove
Keeper's Light
Northwest Shoals
Glasshouse District
Éire Energy House
Water Works
New Galway
At the Heart of Caeravell
Caeravell's essential services are modest, familiar, and woven into the village itself. Several of its shops and public buildings include a small house or apartment above, keeping work, home, and community within easy reach.
The Tiravell Gazette
Notices, reports, and community stories from the Tiravell Gazette.
Open the Gazette in Google Docs Open Current & Past GazettesBeyond the Village
Although named for the capital, Caeravell Cemetery lies well outside the settled village in a quiet, uninhabited part of Tiravell's western headland. A low dry-stone wall and iron gate enclose the island's shared burial ground, reached by a minor path across the open country.
The National Year
May 12 · Principal HolidayThe arrival of the first settlers is remembered at Covenant Cove. The founding families are named, lanterns are launched at dusk, and the final of the Cove Cast is held on the harbour stones.
August 5 · Principal HolidayTiravell commemorates the formal adoption of its Constitution and national name on August 5, 2009. The Assembly meets in public session, schoolchildren read from the Constitution, and the Crown hosts a simple evening reception celebrating government by consent.
November 7Tiravell's harvest thanksgiving is celebrated communally across Caeravell, New Galway, and the outlying homes. Families invite neighbours, exchange dishes, visit between houses and community rooms, and make sure no one gives thanks alone. Each gathering remembers the sea, the soil, the year's work, and the neighbours who carried one another through it.
May 11On the eve of Landing Day, lamps are placed in windows and along the cove. Families share quiet stories of journeys, welcome, and the light kept for anyone still at sea.
Each December the people decorate one great tree in navy, green, and gold. Carols, hot berry cordial, oat cakes, and a reading for children bring the village together before the winter's longest nights.
On clear winter nights, families need not climb Christmas Hill to see the aurora. Away from the settlements' few lamps, green and violet light may sweep above the cottages while neighbours watch from their own doorsteps.
Marks of State
A navy shield bearing the golden triskele above white and green waves, framed by two branches of rowan.
A circular seal showing Keeper's Light above three waves and the words Crown · Assembly · People.
The navy passport carries the triskele in gold. Full citizenship certificates bear the Great Seal and the recorded vote of the Assembly.
Small issues honour puffins, sea thrift, the lighthouse, the Royal Home, and important moments in Tiravellan history.
Relations Beyond the Island
Constitutional adoption opened a new chapter abroad. Following the formal adoption of the Constitution on August 5, 2009, Tiravell gained wider diplomatic recognition and was admitted to the United Nations, confirming its place within the international community.
Tiravell approaches other nations and communities in a spirit of peace, courtesy, and practical friendship. It welcomes friendship agreements, cultural exchanges, correspondence between schools and civic institutions, visiting delegations, and treaties that respect the Constitution and the equal dignity of all people.
The realm has no standing military and seeks no quarrel. Its public agreements may address northern and maritime cooperation, resilience, cultural exchange, institutional dialogue, or a broader statement of peaceful intent.
Each record identifies Tiravell's own adoption and intention. A named counterpart assumes reciprocal obligations only through separate approval and execution by its competent authorities.
Open the Treaties & Agreements FolderDisputes should be addressed through dialogue, law, and patient diplomacy.
Cultural, educational, and ceremonial exchange is warmly encouraged.
Treaties and formal agreements belong in the public record.
Caeravell Post Office
The Tiravell Postal Service carries local correspondence, government notices, visitor postcards, and outgoing mail through Caeravell Harbour. Each dispatch receives the circular Caeravell postmark and the date in Tiravell Standard Time.
TV1 serves Caeravell and its harbour. TV2 serves rural homes, farms, and service districts. TV3 serves New Galway. A four-digit delivery point follows the zone, as in TV1 1042 or TV3 3018.
Local letter to 50 g: 1 vell
North Atlantic letter to 50 g: 2 vells
Worldwide letter to 50 g: 3 vells
Postcard: 2 vells
Regular stamps feature sea thrift, puffins, Keeper's Light, and the national triskele. Parcels are priced by weight and available ferry route at the post-office counter.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tiravell uses Tiravell Standard Time, UTC−2, throughout the year. The live national clock appears in the Practical Information section above.
Yes, but transport and rooms are limited. Advance arrangements are customary, and ferry travel depends on North Atlantic weather.
A child is a citizen from birth when at least one parent is a Tiravellan citizen ordinarily resident in Tiravell, including when the parent is temporarily overseas for travel, government service, or work. Full citizenship may also be granted by public vote or limited royal nomination; honorary citizenship remains a separate public honour.
Yes. A royal family member who meets the same citizenship and age requirements may be elected without preference from title. While serving, that person must suspend royal duties and privileges and may exercise authority only as the elected First Minister.
Every resident aged sixteen or older has one equal vote. For a formal ballot, each eligible member receives a secure, single-use code and may vote electronically from home. Assisted terminals and sealed paper ballots are also available at Government House, and certified totals are published with an independent audit record.
No. Every faith and every person of no faith is equally protected. Christmas music and seasonal observances are cultural traditions and do not establish a religion.
No. Tiravell has no standing military and permits no conscription. Civil protection and any lawful defence service are voluntary.
Embassy of Tiravell
Embassies and consulates represent Tiravell abroad. This website does not identify a private home as a diplomatic mission or publish a residential address.
chancellor@tiravell.orgContact the Realm
For official correspondence, press inquiries, cultural exchanges, or questions concerning Tiravell, please contact the Office of the Chancellor.
Chancellor@tiravell.org