POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Robert L. Katz, Barbara A. Santoro and S. Wade Sheek, and
each of them severally, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys and
agents, with power to act with or without the other, to execute and file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on behalf of the undersigned,
any forms required to be filed by the undersigned pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act of 1933 or pursuant to regulations under Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with transactions engaged
in or to be engaged in by the undersigned in securities of Ingersoll-Rand
Public Limited Company, a company formed in Ireland, and any and all
amendments to such forms, and any and all instruments or documents filed
as a part of or in connection with such forms and amendments; and the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents
and each of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This
Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked or modified.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
29th day of September, 2011.




						/s/ Didier P. Teirlinck