United Ireland

stewie01

Its pretty much inevitable that in the near future Ireland will be restored back to a united island. My question is when?

predictions welcome

smash

Never.

I have no idea where you're getting inevitable from considering the Brits wont even hand Gibraltar over to Spain.

foxyboxer

...in the near future...






We made a balls of the 22* we have, never mind taking on another 6.




* You'll never live that down Gay!

KeithAFC

smash wrote: »

Never.

I have no idea where you're getting inevitable from considering the Brits wont even hand Gibraltar over to Spain.

I agree. Can we get a never in the poll option?

Mr Benevolent

Getting it back would be an economic nightmare. Fcuk the political and religious stuff.

Tesco Massacre

I'm happy enough with the 26.

The Brits can keep the rest.

Morlar

Hard call - optimistically 20yrs, realistically -40.

RachaelVO

How is it inevitable?

I can't see it being united in any of our lifetimes!

number10a

They can keep them. We wouldn't even be able to afford to change the roadsigns to bilingual ones and km/h, let alone run the place.

c_man

stewie01 wrote: »

Its pretty much inevitable that in the near future Ireland will be restored back to a united island. My question is when?

predictions welcome

Ireland will be united, albeit as a bigger country. Due to continental drift and whatnot, we'll have a new nation in the future.


And hoverboards.

Fago!

Ireland united - the worst football team in the world.

OT, never gonna happen. We've other, more pressing things to worry about.

Morlar

KeithAFC wrote: »

I agree. Can we get a never in the poll option?

Nevurrrr !

Snakeblood

I've changed my mind to: Unlikely. Maybe 40+

John Doe1

Unless the unionist poulation in NI goes down to like 10 percent there will never be a united Ireland, there will be a bloodbath if they try it.

Cameron Poe

The Catholic population of the north is increasing steadily (or it was unless they've stopped riding without johnnys) while the Unionist population is not increasing to the same level. So when there's more Catholics they'll want to be in our gang instead of King Charles gang.

plein de force

why do you think it's inevitable?

i dont think it's going to ever happen

UglyBolloxFace

Fuck off with these FUCKING threads.

df1985

I think it probably will happen but they can keep it, its a kip tbh.

sensibleken

The only time that ireland has been politically united was under the act of union 1801. So if you want a return to that go ahead.

why do we have to have one of these threads once a month. Cant we just have the provos vs the brits bash it out in the poppy thread and leave the rest of AH alone? Please?

John Doe1

Cameron Poe wrote: »

The Catholic population of the north is increasing steadily (or it was unless they've stopped riding without johnnys) while the Unionist population is not increasing to the same level. So when there's more Catholics they'll want to be in our gang instead of King Charles gang.

Listen its not going to happen in the next century never mind 40 years

Tesco Massacre

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Fuck off with these FUCKING threads.

We're not going to get the 6 counties back with that attitude.

smash

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

We're not going to get the 6 counties back with that attitude.

We don't want them.

UglyBolloxFace

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

We're not going to get the 6 counties back with that attitude.

Who gives a ****. Get over it. There are more important things to worry about.

KeithAFC

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

We're not going to get the 6 counties back with that attitude.

I think this thread has been done to death though Tesco. We all know the answer to this question. It isn't going to happen. The island voted in a majority for partition and articles 2 and 3 are gone. As far as the British government is concerned, this is a closed book now. And as for the PUL community, it isn't even an issue.

John Doe1

smash wrote: »

We don't want them.

Exactly I go through strabane every week as i cross the border, its crap not worth getting killed over

Snakeblood

KeithAFC wrote: »

I think this thread has been done to death though Tesco. We all know the answer to this question. It isn't going to happen. The island voted in a majority for partition and articles 2 and 3 are gone. As far as the British government is concerned, this is a closed book now. And as far for the PUL community, it isn't even an issue.

PREVIOUSLY IN THE THREAD:

I'm happy enough with the 26.

The Brits can keep the rest.

-Tesco Massacre. He was joking.

Cameron Poe

John Doe1 wrote: »

Listen its not going to happen in the next century never mind 40 years

I'd rather it didn't happen in my life time. I think it will though and it'll be horrible and messy when it does happen.

Necron

Im saying a lot more than 40+ years.

Tesco Massacre

smash wrote: »

We don't want them.

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Who gives a ****. Get over it. There are more important things to worry about.

Maybe if you put that aggression into our struggle for freedom we'd have our 32 counties already.

Just sayin', lads.

Wolfe Tone

In my lifetime I think.

sensibleken

End Partition!

Re-unite the kingdom of Meath!

Straight Talker

The unionists right's to live under british rule must be respected besides we can't afford to take on the North.Let Britain keep it.:D

GavRedKing

Sometime around the 12th of never I reckon.

Wertz

Are you mad? Them shinners won't let it happen...look what it'd to to the border area fuel enterprises that make them and their mates so much income...

Love to see it personally, but the costs of taking the place on are unmanagable and the cops can't even deal with our own scumbags down here let alone a load of rabid loyalists...

tfitzgerald

The British government would drop the north in the morning if they could figure out a way to do it with out losing face. It's costing them a fortune in money and time to stay there . Most of the north sea oil has gone into propping up the north . In 25/30 years the republicans will be in the majority and then the north will vote to return to the south and any other wishfull thinking is rubbish

Morlar

Straight Talker wrote: »

The unionists right's to live under british rule must be respected besides we can't afford to take on the North.Let Britain keep it.:D

The 'unionists' are not the only factor in the equation.

Vicxas

I dont think they'll ever be united, but i can hope

John Doe1

If you are trying to unite ireland, im going to campaign for donegal to secede just to be awkward:)

Morlar

John Doe1 wrote: »

If you are trying to unite ireland, im going to campaign for donegal to secede just to be awkward:)

Time it right and we might just let you.

sensibleken

I look forward to the day when Irish and northern irish can work side by side in the chinese asbestos mines.

UglyBolloxFace

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

Maybe if you put that aggression into our struggle for freedom we'd have our 32 counties already.

Just sayin', lads.

It's not aggression, it's exasperation. Exasperation at having to see a "United Ireland" thread every two weeks in AH.

I come here to laugh my ugly bollox off at the comedy AH provides (and occasionally to ask questions, which annoys the mods:pac:) not to discuss a complex issue such as this.

Why can't people go bump one of the other threads with their marvellous insight into such a complex issue?

KeithAFC

John Doe1 wrote: »

If you are trying to unite ireland, im going to campaign for donegal to secede just to be awkward:)

The lost county.:(

smash

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

Maybe if you put that aggression into our struggle for freedom we'd have our 32 counties already.

Just sayin', lads.

But I said I didn't want them... and I am free.

Kasabian

KeithAFC wrote: »

The lost county.:(

No. We know where it is.

Sunnyisland

KeithAFC wrote: »

I agree. Can we get a never in the poll option?

I will never sit down with Gerry Adams . . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil.
Ian Paisley
Independent, February 13 1997.

We are not going into government with Sinn Fein.
Ian Paisley
September 27 2005, after the confirmation of IRA's decommissioning of its arms.Ian Paisley


I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman.
Sunday Life newspaper, June 1991.Ian paisley


Never say never

20/40 years

Wolfe Tone

I think we should give them the rest of Ulster, then have an immediate border poll to see what the "men and women of Ulster want". We would have a UI handily enough then.

retalivity

highly unlikely it will happen, and if it does it will be 2100 or after. the north's the north....too much hassle and ****e there, theyre welcome to continue on or have their own country.

Theres more chance of us becoming a federal subject in a europe-wide superstate before anything happens w.r.t reunification.

edit. and if donegal is going to go anywhere, its gonna go out on its own!

sensibleken

KeithAFC wrote: »

The lost county.:(

Donegal is the northern most county in the republic of ireland. Coordinates 54.917°N 8.000°W

woodoo

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Who gives a ****. Get over it. There are more important things to worry about.

Go worry about these things in another thread then.

John Doe1

KeithAFC wrote: »

The lost county.:(

Well you could have let us in, but you were all like no slightly too many catholics and we were like whatevs

sensibleken

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I think we should give them the rest of Ulster, then have an immediate border poll to see what the "men and women of Ulster want". We would have a UI handily enough then.

They can keep their damn Uterine Infections. ew!