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Irish independence from the UK

abaddon said:
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How many did they willfully kill in the famine? After all, at that time, we were exporting food to the UK while our own starved. There was plenty of food in Ireland, it simply all went to the UK. There was not a whole lot of choice in the matter.
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That’s much too simplistic even as a summary. Food was being imported into Ireland during the Great Famine as well as exported.

I am NOT defending the British governments’ handling of the famine. There definitely was an attitude by many of it being a “correction” to the population number, and a failing of the “national character”. And there is no doubt it could have been been greatly alleviated if there had been the political will to do so. The policies implemented were callous and cruel - often by design. The governments of the time were pretty callous and cruel about all the poor (not long before the Great Famine they had allowed tens of thousands of working class people in the north of England to starve) add in the bigotry against the Irish and the stage was set for one of the worse recorded famines.
 
abaddon said:
It is called the Republic of Ireland.

We have democracy, you do not. And it appears that you don't want it.
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Eire is the Irish name for Ireland.
I have shown respect for Ireland, how about you Abaddon showing some respect back ?
 
Airfix said:
Is that supposed to be an insult ?
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No.

You first claimed that you were referring to Ireland as Eire because you didn't know any better.

You were then repeatedly informed that you really shouldn't, so you do know better.

Your continued use of Eire must now be considered to be a deliberate insult as opposed to a mistake. If you're interested as to why, then using a search engine should give you an indication.
 
No, I tried to explain that I don't know much of Ireland's history.

Having a full time job, and numerous hobbies, there's not much time to read history books on each and every country in the world.

But I tried, to be respectful.

I'm sorry if I've caused offence and I'm glad you weren't trying to cause offence either.

Peace.
 
Airfix said:
No, I tried to explain that I don't know much of Ireland's history.

Having a full time job, and numerous hobbies, there's not much time to read history books on each and every country in the world.

But I tried, to be respectful.

I'm sorry if I've caused offence and I'm glad you weren't trying to cause offence either.

Peace.
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2 minutes on Google wouldn't have taken much time from your schedule.
 
GlennB said:
2 minutes on Google wouldn't have taken much time from your schedule.
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Fifteen second. From Wikipedia.
Geopolitically, Ireland [the island] is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
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dudalb said:
There is no shortage of books on the topic.
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Agreed, but there is a shortage of time.

I have studied history, but aviation is my thing, aviation history fascinates me the most and I studied that.

George and Eustace Short (who were Irish and based in Belfast) were producers of balloons until they heard about the Wright brothers.
They produced the first licence made copies of the Wright Flyer, one of their customers was Charles Rolls (sadly his aircraft broke apart in the air and he tragically died).

To the best of my knowledge, they were the first commercial producers of heavier than air aircraft.

The first transatlantic flight was made from Newfoundland to Ireland, in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber by John Alcock and Arthur Brown.

I have delved into the study of history, but bear with me, there's so much to learn and it's impossible to learn everything.
 
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catsmate said:
Fifteen second. From Wikipedia.
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I don't need Wikipedia to be aware that the Republic of Ireland (aka Southern Ireland) broke away after the easter rising and civil war whilst Northern Ireland remained a territory of the United Kingdom.

Jeez.

I do know some things about the history.

But there's a difference between casual details and deeper understanding.
 
Airfix said:
I don't need Wikipedia to be aware that the Republic of Ireland (aka Southern Ireland) broke away after the easter rising and civil war whilst Northern Ireland remained a territory of the United Kingdom.Jeez.

I do know some things about the history.

But there's a difference between casual details and deeper understanding.
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You are now just taking the piss aren’t you? Otherwise it would be saying that it takes a “deeper understanding” to know the name of your own bloody country! (Never mind the fact that NI is not a territory of the UK - in case you really didn’t know UK is an abbreviation for the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”)
 
I was responding to

"Originally Posted by GlennB View Post
2 minutes on Google wouldn't have taken much time from your schedule."

and Catsmate
"Fifteen second. From Wikipedia.
Quote:
Geopolitically, Ireland [the island] is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
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Airfix said:
I was responding to

"Originally Posted by GlennB View Post
2 minutes on Google wouldn't have taken much time from your schedule."

and Catsmate
"Fifteen second. From Wikipedia.
Quote:
Geopolitically, Ireland [the island] is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
"
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It is one of the 4 countries that make up the UK.
 
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