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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * COHON JARED L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Ingersoll-Rand plc [IR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/01/2011 (Street) PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Ordinary Shares 09/01/2011   M   14,400 A $ 10.07 34,120 D   Ordinary Shares 09/01/2011   S   12,400 D $ 32.808 (1) 21,720 D   Ordinary Shares               280 I By Spouse Ordinary Shares (TDCP) (2)               1,655.51 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 10.07

09/01/2011

M

14,400

(3)

02/07/2012

Ordinary Shares

14,400

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
COHON JARED L C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854	X

Signatures

/s/ S. Wade Sheek - Attorney-in-Fact		09/01/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This transaction was executed in multiple trades ranging from $32.80 to $32.831 per share. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.
(2)	Represents units acquired under the Trane Deferred Compensation Plan ("TDCP"). The units are to be converted on a one-for-one basis and settled in ordinary shares of the Company, less applicable withholding taxes, upon the reporting person's termination of employment with the Company, or earlier or later upon certain elections.
(3)	Options were originally granted under the Trane incentive stock plans and were converted into options to purchase shares of the Company effective upon the merger of Trane with Indian Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, on June 5, 2008. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement among the Company, Trane and Merger Sub, all Trane options, whether or not exercisable or vested at the time of the merger, became fully vested and exercisable at the time of the merger.

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