There is no Southern Ireland

[Needeyebrows]

So sick of hearing people say say Southern Ireland when referring to anywhere outside of Northern Ireland. Any place outside of Northern is the Republic of Ireland. We do not have southern Ireland..

I've defected from Ireland to the Bad Part of Ireland and feel those names should be reversed because I can at least afford a house here

Good on backing throughout time.

What about the parts that are further north than Northern Ireland?

Scotland, is geography given up now in UK education? 😯

Its ireland

I live in the south of Ireland, Co. Cork. When I lived in Scotland i was asked if I was from the north or south. Yeah. Gets a bit tiresome hearing Ireland referred to as southern Ireland. It sounds like this island is huge instead its a tiny outcrop on the edge of Europe.

Wtaf.
Pretty sure we did not bring this on ourselves.

Google maps has labelled Ireland and Northern Ireland.

I’m Irish. Originally from Cork City. When people hear my accent they ask where. My reply always is “Cork it’s down the bottom”. I also just say Ireland or Irish not ROI.

What annoys me is they then try copy your accent…

My Mother and Gmother used to refer to it as Southern Ireland (Tipperary ) where they were from.
I got the saying from them 🤔

The comment was in direct response to the suggestion that “Southern Ireland” simply refers to describing the part of Ireland that is in the south- the southernmost counties. I was wondering how that applies when it is used to discuss parts of Ireland that are more northerly than Northern Ireland. Not sure where Scotland came into it excepting my other comment that Inverness is in northern Scotland but Belfast is not in Northern Ireland, which you seemingly disagree with, erroneously.

Only when needed to clarify that you're not referring to the entire island which is also named Ireland. "The island of Ireland" is a bit of a mouthful.

😂 This really made me laugh. Yeah, I feel like England might have had a small part to play in it. Historically.

The only thing that bothers me more is Ulster loses counties in UK media. There are 9 counties in the Provence of Ulster. My mother is from one of them, they went frequently up north to buy stuff.

It sounds like this island is huge instead its a tiny outcrop on the edge of Europe.

There's a north and a south of a city, never mind a whole island.

God what a whole load of drama in this day and age.
I’m very happy that half of younger people don’t class themselves as unionists or nationalists but simply ‘Northern Irish’.

I lived in England for years. Getting an appointment to get my NI number turned out to be a Kafkaesque experience because people on the phone kept chirping helpfully that I ‘could just use your usual number!’ No, I kept saying, patiently, I come from a different country. I’m not from the UK,’ but it turned out people working in Jobcentres had a really shaky grasp of geopolitics.

@Panaa do they? 😆

Yep some people can't get their heads round the provinces

@affeny
"My grandparents, and Irish relatives, just said/say Ireland."

& they're right, because that's what it's called 😀☘️

it is up north from here.

I'm from Northern Ireland and we always said 'Down South' but that was in relation to where we lived.. so anywhere south of the border. Wouldn't have referred to Donegal as 'Down South.'

The problem is people using Southern Ireland as if its the name of the country. I now live in the south east of England. I'd never describe myself as living in 'Southern England.' There's a difference.

Well I think a lot of Irish people have brought this confusion on themselves by referring to Northern Ireland as the north of Ireland. By implication that makes the Republic of Ireland the south of Ireland or Southern Ireland.

jesus wept! 🤦‍♀️

Does not compute

“The Island of Ireland”? What is the status of this term?