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The Nine Lives of Laura Gonzales

It's all down to your own opinion of your nationality, really. If I know you call yourself Irish, I'll call you Irish. If you call yourself British, I'll call you British. If I don't know I'll call you Northern Irish to avoid causing any offence. =]

Edit: Wow, Ciara Marie. Forward thinking, if I've ever seen it. People who think like you make me ashamed to be Irish.

Podge and Rodge Tribute Band

Sher whatever you're havin yourself!

kipstofer

alan m - nobody from the Republic calls their country Southern Ireland (from another question) so where are you from?

Orla C

To be honest, and may I stress that I don't wish to be offensive to you in any way, but I think you Northerners are a breed apart, regardless of whether you're British or Irish or Protestant or Catholic.

I live in County Limerick, was born in County Waterford.

Flame 187

I dont really know to be honest. I never really thought about it.

mountjulietgolf

Certainly Northern Irish

Due baby no.3 on the 4th of June

Im from waterford. Im not that ignorant that I consider everyone from northern Ireland British. I would always try and find out so as not to insult anyone. Its a tricky and complicated area.

deburca98

To be brutally honest most of us here in the republic hardly give a second thought about the north, there is much more important things to worry about

defying gravity

northern Irish

raver82

sometimes northerners. if you have an Irish passport then you are Irish, If you have a British passport then you are British. If you've both, I neverstood that. I live in the Republic. I've relatives in in Co. Down and Belfast and I consider them to be Irish because that's their nationality. I call people from the north British if the area that is named is a known protestant area and therefore all the people who live there would more than likely be British. And the same with known Catholic areas they'd be Irish.

hmmmmm Eggy Weggys

i myself would consider you Irish if youare nationalist, if you were unionist id consider you a brit from northern ireland

Ella's MamaÃ

Im from Waterford ... id consider you to be Irish!

alan m

Some do some dont. Bottom line is no matter your preference or their wishes if you are born in a country then thats your nationality. So if born in Belfast you are British no matter your thinking. You can however apply to have dual nationality and be part Irish under the New Good Friday Agreement. Many of the more xtreme republicans from IRA connection aspire still for a United Ireland however since their military defeat they are less vocal nowadays. The smarter ones leave well alone. Give peae a chance they say.

Flying mop dog

You are in between. You are Northern Irish.

Nationality has absolutely nothing to do with where you were born. Nationality is what you identify yourself with. By defintion it has nothing to do with origin. YOu can have several nationalities in any state. That is why Yugoslavia was so problematic. So next time someone gives me a thumbs down look up your dictionaries. He is a British citizen doesn't mean his nationality is British.

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