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05-19-2011, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RobinMask View Post
I think that's a whole other debate . . . but in my experience "Ireland" is almost exclusively used for the south, and "Northern Ireland" for the north. You may be right, both have a right to the name, and both are - in some respects - essentially 'Ireland', but in a discussion about the UK it is incorrect (and possibly confusing) to simply label the north as "Ireland". They are two seperate countries with highly similiar names and histories, to say "Ireland" when one means the north is asking for confusion. That's just one opinion though.
I agree.

When I say Ireland I mean the Republic of Ireland and so do must people who say the word Ireland.

Either that or they're talking about the whole Island.

But nobody would ever say Ireland and mean Northern Ireland exclusively as it's part of the UK.
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