What is the difference between Northern Ireland and Ireland, politically and geographically?

Answer 1

Besides the funny accents most Northerners have, here you go:

1.Northern Ireland, or the 'six counties', as the Irish call them, is part of the United Kingdom, meaning it is under the Crown.

2. Northern Ireland is predominantly Protestant, whereas the Republic of Ireland, the twenty-six counties to the south, are catholic. This also explains the Irish flag. Green for the Catholics, orange for the protestants, and the white in the middle that should symbolize peace between the two factions.

3. Both were officially split with the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 that stated the southern Irish, while still not completely stripped of British rule, were to become autonomous, de facto. The North, of course, backed out of this agreement, fearing that they would become a minority in the new Free State. Earlier in the century many northerners had already equated home rule, meaning independence, to Rome rule.

4. The six counties, aka 'Ulster', Northern Ireland, are in the northeast, with the remaining twenty-six counties of the island make up what we know as the Republic of Ireland.

Answer 2

There are Strong political and historical factors that separate the 2. Religiously, the North I believe is Protestant, while the south is Catholic (very conservative). Many many yrs ago Britain, under the feudal system, supported and maintained a brutal feudal system whereby, the south work the land, paid overbearing taxes, etc, while the landlord (called absentee landlords) would benefit from their labor. Britain strongly suppressed any type of political movement to better their (South's) situation. Then u had the famine of the 1800's. Britain let thousands of pounds of supplies to rot while 1000s starved. Basically, the South got pissed, formed the IRA, rebelled, u get the picture, while the North flourished. The Man will always try to keep u down.

Oh, there was an attempt at some point for the 2 sides to unify by parliamentary vote. Never happened. Why cant we just get along?

Answer 3

The short answer: Northern Ireland is made up of the 6 predominantly Protestant counties in the north of the island of Ireland. It is still a part of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales are the other parts.) The Republic Ireland is made up the remaining 26 counties on the island, which are predominantly Catholic and independent of the UK.

Answer 4

Northern Ireland is predominantly Protestant.
It is part of the United Kingdom.
Southern Ireland is an independent country called Ireland and is Roman Catholic.

Answer 5

Ireland, or EIRE is a sovereign state member of the European Union. It is located in the island of Ireland. The northern part of this island is part of the United Kingdom.
Main differences: EIRE is fundamentally catholic while the economy of the Northern Ireland is in the hands of the Anglicans.

Answer 6

N. Ireland is ruled by the English Crown, and is the site of many murders and bombings throughout the past 40 years. The IRA fights against the English Army and Protestant militias.

Answer 7

N. Ireland belongs to United Kingdom, so there are more English than Irish. Which explains all the bombings by the IRA.

Answer 8

I think geographically is self-explanatory.

Answer 9

one's in the north. it's kinda subtle