Is Northern Ireland considered "Ireland" or "UK" country-wise?

jonnyrudyard · 24-08-2011 02:05AM #1

Honest question from someone far away and admittedly ignorant of the topic. Or is the answer "both?"

orourkeda · 24-08-2011 02:06AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk

another chance to use this

Bipolar Joe · 24-08-2011 02:06AM

Northern Ireland is actually fictional. The truth is that the north of Ireland is the west, it's a weird gravity thing.

teol · 24-08-2011 02:06AM

UK

PomBear · 24-08-2011 02:08AM

It's more Leitrim's hat that anything else

jonnyrudyard · 24-08-2011 02:08AM

teol wrote: »

UK

Thank you for an actual answer.

Tayla · 24-08-2011 02:08AM

Yes country wise it's classed as the UK but I think if someone from Northern Ireland wants to class themselves as Irish then that should be respected.

orourkeda · 24-08-2011 02:09AM

jonnyrudyard wrote: »

Thank you for an actual answer.

It's uk. Doesnt matter what its "considered" to be

Tubsandtiles · 24-08-2011 02:11AM

I find threads like these will be closed or lead to ignorant fights between people.
Northern Ireland is part of the UK which makes its people British but I have no problem accepting that people from there consider themselves Irish.
At the end of the day I know what I am Irish

minidazzler · 24-08-2011 02:12AM

Tayla wrote: »

Yes country wise it's classed as the UK but I think if someone from Northern Ireland wants to class themselves as Irish then that should be respected.

It is, Nordies can get Irish citizenship if they want AFAIK. Our President is from Northern Ireland.

joshrogan · 24-08-2011 02:12AM

We're Isle of Man (West).

Bipolar Joe · 24-08-2011 02:13AM

joshrogan wrote: »

We're Isle of Man (West).

See?

jonnyrudyard · 24-08-2011 02:14AM

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

I find threads like these will be closed or lead to ignorant fights between people.

What a surprise, given some of the responses already :rolleyes: Again thanks for the adults who replied, got the info I wanted and exiting the thread

Where To · 24-08-2011 02:16AM

Who cares its all The British Isles

*runs :pac:

Columbia · 24-08-2011 02:16AM

Depends on who you're asking.

Plenty up there will say Irish, plenty will say British. Plenty will also say that they're Northern Irish and nothing else.

TheZohanS · 24-08-2011 02:18AM

teol wrote: »

UK

Not really. I think it's just considered Northern Ireland tbh.

Like in the rugby we have the four provinces playing as a united team for Ireland yet you'd rarely hear anyone saying the Irish and bit o' the UK rugby team.

Jayob10 · 24-08-2011 02:20AM

ya gotta love the irish, innit

OPENROAD · 24-08-2011 02:21AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktiJUUBLPo

Tayla · 24-08-2011 02:27AM

minidazzler wrote: »

It is, Nordies can get Irish citizenship if they want AFAIK. Our President is from Northern Ireland.

It's not always respected, some British people wouldn't respect someones decision to call themselves Irish if they are from the North.

Loads of talk (and bickering) about this subject on the internet the last few days due to Janet Devlin the X factor auditionee who's from Northern Ireland. She has her country listed as Ireland on her youtube page which has led to a lot of comments saying they don't care if she says she's Irish because she'll always be British.....:rolleyes:

There's also a lot of british people who will call her Irish but that's because they think that the whole of Ireland is part of Britain, not just not the north, I have no idea how they have come to that conclusion, what do they think 'the republic' means for God's sake....why do they think we have the euro etc. etc. I could go on all day

softmee · 24-08-2011 02:28AM

Before I came here I always thought Ireland is the whole Island and I was surpised when I went to LondonDerry that it actually belongs to UK. Maybe is my lack of knowledge, but I still dont like UK for their greed for land -they went everywhere! :rolleyes:
They have they little (big enough) Island and you should have yours!
(I wish I would know more about history and how it really hapenned..)

Naomi00 · 24-08-2011 02:28AM

The U.K isn't an actual country..

Buceph · 24-08-2011 02:29AM

It can be debated a lot of different ways. One interesting bit I did find though is that country and state aren't the same thing. You could be considered correct if you considered the Republic of Ireland a state, Northern Ireland a state, but the two of them together the country of Ireland.

OPENROAD · 24-08-2011 02:31AM

Tayla wrote: »

It's not always respected, some British people wouldn't respect someones decision to call themselves Irish if they are from the North.

Loads of talk (and bickering) about this subject on the internet the last few days due to Janet Devlin the X factor auditionee who's from Northern Ireland. She has her country listed as Ireland on her youtube page which has led to a lot of comments saying they don't care if she says she's Irish because she'll always be British.....:rolleyes:

There's also a lot of british people who will call her Irish but that's because they think that the whole of Ireland is part of Britain, not just not the north, I have no idea how they have come to that conclusion, what do they think 'the republic' means for God's sake....why do they think we have the euro etc. etc. I could go on all day

:eek:

The Internet Explorer · 24-08-2011 02:33AM

http://imageshack.us/f/710/jim2505.jpg/

Tayla · 24-08-2011 02:35AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

:eek:

yes?

OPENROAD · 24-08-2011 02:36AM

Tayla wrote: »

yes?

chickenbutt · 24-08-2011 02:37AM

As far as I know: the UK refers to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain being Scotland, England and Wales, obviously not including the Republic of Ireland. But the islands together are The British Isles. And Northern Ireland + the Republic are collectively Ireland.

I've been asked so many times how I'm doing in the UK, I just stop correcting them..

Tayla · 24-08-2011 02:38AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

If you're wondering why I brought up the X factor in a serious discussion I explained that in my post...........

OPENROAD · 24-08-2011 02:39AM

chickenbutt wrote: »

As far as I know: the UK refers to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain being Scotland, England and Wales, obviously not including the Republic of Ireland. But the islands together are The British Isles. And Northern Ireland + the Republic are collectively Ireland.

I've been asked so many times how I'm doing in the UK, I just stop correcting them..

From what nationality?

teol · 24-08-2011 02:39AM

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Tayla · 24-08-2011 02:41AM

chickenbutt wrote: »

But the islands together are The British Isles. And Northern Ireland + the Republic are collectively Ireland.

The Irish government doesn't recognise the term 'british isles'

Is Northern Ireland considered "Ireland" or "UK" country-wise?

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