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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Umm.... No.
There is Ireland. This is the republic established in the 1921 partition of Ireland, comprising most of the island of Ireland. Known as Eire in Gaelic, and Ireland in English.
Then there is Northern Ireland. This is a part of the UK with limited self-governance through an Assembly at Stormont, rather like Wales or Scotland.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is one country
Ireland (or sometimes The Republic of Ireland) is another country.
HTH
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So it IS two separate countries.
"Ireland" is ruled by themselves, "Northern Ireland" is ruled by and part of Great Britain. With "limited self government", I'm not sure what that means.
Does Northern Ireland fly the British Flag?
Okay, the bottom flag is flown by Ireland, the self governing one.
The top two flags represent Northern Ireland, governed by the UK. Which is flown when?