I know Im boring

[Splitpin]

The best anti-war song ever .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_mBJgsaxlY

[emfrat]

No you're not, Marty - That is a great song.
In WW1, Ireland was still a colony of England. Between 35,000 and 50,000 Irish men died fighting on behalf of England.
In 1916, my Great-Aunt Nan was essentially the commandant of the women's auxiliary of the IRB during the 1916 uprising, which aimed at freeing Ireland from the English yoke. She was jailed for that along with many others, but when Ireland was finally granted self-government she was elected leader of Sinn Fein, a major political party, in 1937 and held that position until 1950. She died in 1962.
(BTW, IRB=Irish Republican Brigade. It started as the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and eventually became the IRA.) They were patriots, but by the late 1960s it was all about turf wars over drugs, with illicit arms dealing thrown in.

[Fozzer]

It's a funny old do....

But my part of the World is called; "The United Kingdom", comprising of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

I have always looked upon Ireland, (Eire) as being a completely separate part of the Union, and a country/island in its own right, (and should include Northern Ireland), leaving the rest as; "Great Britain"; England, Scotland, and Wales.

No more "problems" then... ...!

I always state that I live in England...(part of Great Britain)!

Paul....a very ancient Briton... ...!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ire

[Splitpin]

Cheers.