FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	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	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

BRUTON JOHN	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
2/3/2010 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Ingersoll-Rand plc [IR]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

C/O INGERSOLL-RAND, ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)	
(Street)

PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	

Remarks:
The Reporting Person does not beneficially own any securities required to be reported herein.	
No securities are beneficially owned.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
BRUTON JOHN
C/O INGERSOLL-RAND
ONE CENTENNIAL AVENUE
PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855	X				

Signatures		
By: /s/ Kenneth H. Yi - Attorney-in-Fact		2/5/2010	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.	
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).	
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Patricia Nachtigal, Barbara A. Santoro and Kenneth H. Yi, 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 9th day of January, 2010.

/s/ John Bruton
John Bruton