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Ireland being part of "the British isles"?

  • 04-03-2016 2:31pm
    #1
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm currently living in Australia and was having a conversation with someone today who mentioned Ireland as being part of the UK, to which someone responded that it wasn't, which brought about the response "oh sorry, "the British isles" if we're being politically correct". A quick Google later and (at least according to Wikipedia) it is. :/

    What happened to the whole 800 years of oppression and the Easter rising etc?

    Full disclosure, yes I'm a Brit, but I lived in Ireland for 15 years and have an Irish wife and kids, so I'm pretty much semi-adopted Irish at this point. :)


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  • #2
    Speedwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=98949154


  • #3
    LDN_Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    Threads about the "British Isles" are like buses it seems.

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057568745/1


  • #4
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    vibe666 wrote: »
    A quick Google later and (at least according to Wikipedia) it is. :/

    A quick Google later and you should have come across the multitudes of other threads on this topic already.


  • #5
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    Unfortunately, Google gives very different results when you're on the other side of the world, boards.ie doesn't get a mention.

    /thread then I guess. :(


  • #6
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    vibe666 wrote: »
    Unfortunately, Google gives very different results when you're on the other side of the world, boards.ie doesn't get a mention.

    /thread then I guess. :(

    Once I asked Google where Ireland was and it told me I had cancer!


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  • #7
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,708 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Mod: What Speedwell said


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