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

I, Michael Grealy, 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:    6/15/09                       /S/ MICHAEL GREALY
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                                       Michael Grealy, 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:    6/17/09                       /S/ LELIA LONG
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                                       Lelia Long, Treasurer
                                       (principal financial officer)