There is no Southern Ireland

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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..

@JaneJeffer 😂😂

That’s interesting. I definitely would - and do - describe myself as living in Southern England.

I’d assume Southern Ireland was Cork etc, rather than referring to the country of Ireland.

Calm down Elvis

If I'm asked what part of ireland I'm from, I say what county.
And we dont 'feel like' we gave it away.
It was taken. .

Ha ha. Drives me mad internally. If I correct them and say the Republic of Ireland it seems a bit combative. In Ireland- the Republic is just called Ireland and in the north they say the south (even if they are talking about Donegal) Southern Ireland sounds like an insult- like they think Ireland is the size of cork 🤣 but of course it is said innocently.

Im living in Ireland.

I personally don't care if anyone calls it southern ireland. It doesn't really annoy me.

If I'm in England, they do tend to ask if I'm from the north or the south of Ireland.

I have a question actually.

What is the legal nationality of people who are from Northern Ireland? I.E what is on their passport?

And is that how they define themselves?

(My mum defines herself and me and her half Welsh grandchildren as English no matter how many times I tell her that the 4 of us define ourselves as British and despite the fact that we all have British on our passports. MIL is equally determined that the kids are Welsh.)

Aye, my mother in law from Norn Iron always calls it the Free State, and she’s a proddy too.

Oh ffs.
Have u heard of the Good Friday agreement?
Look it up.

I live in Ireland too.

I didn't say "we feel like we gave it away".

I said "we feel like we had to give up northern Ireland".

@JaneJeffer but I live in South West England and that is always capped.

Fuck me!

They can choose to be Irish or British @Mumofteenandtween

All Northern Irish people are entitled to hold both an Irish passport and a UK passport

We are not English here.

People born in NI are entitled to either or both British or Irish nationality, they get to choose. Whatever they identify as will be the answer.

This is very important and has, um, been in the news a little over the past few years.

I stand corrected.
Apologies.

I think it's okay to ask. Not everyone knows everything.

Most people born on the Island of Ireland have the choice to apply for an Irish passport if they wish, so they can pretty much decide for themselves.

@JaneJeffer er, no I didn’t say you were. I’m simply speaking about how writing Southern Ireland capped up is consistent with how you’d write it for other countries to refer to a specific part of that country.

Everyone in Ireland knows the answer to this question.
And so should everyone in the UK.

And so should everyone in the UK.
But if they don't then they're entitled to a polite response. No need for all the ffsing. It's good that people want to learn.

I’ve voted YANB because you’re not, but my mum still refers to Southern Ireland and she’s married to a man whose dad came here from Cork. It’s not a political statement, it’s what the republic was called when she was growing up.

Remember this? Channel 4 asking people in the streets to draw the border in the aftermath of the Brexit vote?

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/935599685611515904