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Renaming the country

Dartz · 2009-07-15 17:02:11

Ireland.... I wonder sometimes where that name actually came from, and if it's really appropriate for our rain-lashed rock? I mean, I think the Roman name for our this spot of green and grey was the best. Hibernia, the 'wintry place'. I mean, it's pissing rain outside in mid-summer. It's pissing rain outside in winter, the…

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#62 15-07-2009 10:11pm
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if there's ever a country that should be called Greenland its > Ireland, its more green than Greeenland ffs

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#63 20-07-2009 2:20am
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Éire would be cool. Or Hibernia.

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#64 20-07-2009 2:24am
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how about
DISNEYLAND FOR ALCOHOLICS

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Republic of Epic Fail.:rolleyes:

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#73 20-07-2009 3:15am
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#75 20-07-2009 3:25am
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#76 20-07-2009 3:35am
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New York.

Might be able to confuse a few people and make a few squid, know mean?

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#77 20-07-2009 4:25am
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#78 20-07-2009 5:03am
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Random wrote: »

Isn't it called Republic of Ireland though?

No, no it's not.

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#79 20-07-2009 5:06am
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How about "Paris (North)", might boost tourism, Ryanair do it all the time!

Seriously though, Hibernia is the coolest name ever and we should totally use it...

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#80 20-07-2009 5:08am
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Can we just get rid of Cork?

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