Is Northern Ireland British?

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EyeCan'tDecide

yes

Muttlover

Yes, though not part of Great Britain (which is England, Scotland and Wales). We are part of the United Kingdom and can have dual nationality (Irish or British), depending on your political views! We can have 2 passports (one Irish and one British).

idanceonice

northern ireland is ruled under the crown - ie its a british run country with wales and scotland. although many ppl from NI consider themselves british, this is mostly the case for those who consider themselves unionist. i personally am a nationalist (im not bitter in the sense where i say im catholic and ireland should b irish and not british run) im from northern ireland but consider myself irish!!!

john v

Its part of the United kingdom as is England Wales and Scotland

DJ B

Northern Irland is part of the United Kingdom.

Basement Bob

The UNITED KINGDOM is the union of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including whatever islands are also included in those countries. The full name of the United Kingdom is THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. The United Kingdom itself is a country. Thus it is a country that is made up of four countries. A country made of countries might seem a paradox, yet the countries that make up the UK, especially England, Scotland, and Wales, do not think of themselves as anything less; Scotland has its own Parliament and banknotes, Wales has its own language and National Assembly, all three have national identities going back more than a thousand years, and the Encyclopedia Britannica calls them countries (next item). Perhaps more to the point, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, and NORTHERN IRELAND are listed in the USPS Index of Countries and Localities. (According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term UNITED KINGDOM was first used in 1801 and, until 1921, included Ireland.)

BRITAIN, the largest island in the archipelago just north of France; the island of Britain contains three countries: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and WALES.

ENGLAND is one of the countries of Britain.

SCOTLAND is one of the countries of Britain.

WALES is one of the countries of Britain.

NORTHERN IRELAND is a jurisdiction having approximately the same status as England, Scotland, and Wales, but on a different island.

JOHN B

yes a brill place

danny a

thats one way to start a debate

taxed till i die,

Yes it is.

Jonathan

It is within the United Kingdom, I think the term 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland' would indicate that while it is not a part of Britain, it is British in the same way that the Channel Islands and The Falklands are and Hong Kong used to be.

Scarlett

Yes it is.

greenorlagh

Northern Ireland is part of the UK - as others have said. It is British and those born there can be considered British or Irish. That is up until the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 2000 - after that time the Republic of Ireland gave up sovereignty/a belief of ownership of those counties in Northern Ireland and those born after that date can only be considered British - unless you had a parent/grandparent with dual nationality! Confusing huh!

The term Eire covers the whole island of Ireland and is NOT PC to use that term when talking solely of the Republic. This was debated in the Dail (Irish Parliament) only three weeks ago.

ChargerIIC

Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom as a whole is unqiue.Many of England's 'territories' have been granted semi-autonomty and in some cases, recognizes of thier nationhood. This is unique in that these countries are allowed to maintain a national identity, but must subvert to England 's control of the military, internation politics, and certain legal rights. While this is the cause of a lot of national unrest, it does allow for a unique technicalty that one of these nations could in thoery hold a vote for the indpedance of their nation without England interferring. There has been talk of doing so for decades in the Gaelic nations at least, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

It has been the british hope that this will convince nationilist groups to cooperate and try to gain indepdance pollitcally rather than militarly: as was the case in the rest of Ireland.

Tim

A British passport states "The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland", so yes, it is part of UK. (but Southern Ireland, more properly known as Eire or The Rupublic of Ireland is not British.

confused

it is said that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom ..but Southern Ireland also known as the Republic of Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom

Mystic

Technically, No as it is part of United Kingdom and this comprises of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ergo, not part of Britain.

Northern Ireland is also not part of Ireland (ROI / Eire) so technically not Irish either.

This tug-o-war has been the source of The Troubles.

However, given that NI is influenced by Eire (and part of it more than GB) and Britain, people of NI are entitled to be known as British or Irish and even both.

So I suppose what I am telling you is that in the grand scheme of things NI is British and Irish. Going what some people have already said, you can have 2 passports - NI have dual nationality.

I hope this helps.

harry: you're a twat...

Ting Tong

last corner of the British Empire old boy. rule Britannia!!!!

harry

no , it is a state of Australia , became so 16 years ago after they went to war with britian , and in the end were given n.ireland which the war was over with its endless supply of oil gas and coal

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