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Ireland's constitutional position was until the 19th amendment, that the Republic consisted of the whole island, this has now been amended to recognize the north, but still maintain an attachment to the territory. Technically the constitution recognizes the north as being part of the republic for the purposes of citizen ship and part of the UK for everything else.
Ireland's constitutional position was until the 19th amendment, that the Republic consisted of the whole island, this has now been amended to recognize the north, but still maintain an attachment to the territory. Technically the constitution recognizes the north as being part of the republic for the purposes of citizen ship and part of the UK for everything else.
--[[User:Irish|Irish]] 23:02, 1 July 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:Irish|Irish]] 23:02, 1 July 2007 (EDT)
County Dublin was never "split up into 3 counties and an independent city", because county council elections (and all other elections) are based on population, it simply requires more than one council. I live in Tipperary which has a council each for the north and south of the county (in fact, I serve on a subcouncil of the South Tipperary County Council) but I still live in County Tipperary, not County South Tipperary. So I say leave the description as it is.--[[User:DarthPaddy|Darth Paddy]] [[User:DarthPaddy|DarthPaddy]] 13:51, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
== 04:06, March 19, 2007 ==
== 04:06, March 19, 2007 ==
:But one thing I hope to avoid is any use of links to enforce POV about which government is the correct or true or rightful government of any or all of Ireland. Let's take care to remain neutral on such questions. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:00, 25 November 2008 (EST)
:But one thing I hope to avoid is any use of links to enforce POV about which government is the correct or true or rightful government of any or all of Ireland. Let's take care to remain neutral on such questions. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:00, 25 November 2008 (EST)
:::All I am saying is that it would be helpful to have a true disambiguation page so we can then redirect people to either the island or one of the countries in charge of Ireland. If we choose to keep this as a page about the island at least make it readable and not a rambling mess covering both political entities along with the Irish people -[[User:Rcollins]] 23:56, 26 November 2008 (EST)
:::All I am saying is that it would be helpful to have a true disambiguation page so we can then redirect people to either the island or one of the countries in charge of Ireland. If we choose to keep this as a page about the island at least make it readable and not a rambling mess covering both political entities along with the Irish people -[[User:Rcollins]] 23:56, 26 November 2008 (EST)
== Changes Made by Someone Who Actually Lives In Ireland ==
Taoiseach is pronounced TEE-shock not TEE-shuck.
Ireland is an island, not an island nation.
John Gormley is the leader of the Green Party.
It is generally referred to as the War of Independence in both English and Gaeilge.
The division of Ireland wasn't Catholic/Protestant, it was nationalist/unionist and only four of the counties were predominantly unionist (Antrim, Down, Armagh and Londonderry/Derry (disputed)), the other two were half and half (Tyrone and Fermanagh).
As an Irish person, an Irish speaker and an honours Irish student, Sinn Féin means "Ourselves". It was intended to refer to the people of Ireland.