what is the position of ireland and irish people towards northern ireland being part of the UK?

Question

i mean the irish government in dublin and the irish people,are they with northern ireland being part of britain?are they with northern ireland being part of a unified ireland and has nothing to do with britain,and what is their position of the conflict that happened there?

Answer 1

The animosity between some people in Ireland & Northern Ireland isn't really about borders as much as religion, most Irish are Catholic and most British are Protestant. The Catholics in Northern Ireland want unification, the protestants do not. I do believe a lot of people from the Republic look down on people from Northern Ireland. The Northern Irish are closer in attitude and behavior to the Scots than to the Irish. The culture in the north is quite different from the republic.

Answer 2

Honestly most people in the Republic don't care (and for that matter most people in Britain don't either. If you polled people you'd probably find that in principle a majority in the Republic would like the North to leave the UK and unite but if you then asked people about the consequences of that the answers would probably change. The North is a polarised sectarian society and most Southerners feel that their Northern cousins on both side are a bit extreme and have a different culture. Most Northerners despite the conflict probably have a lot more in common with each other than they do with either Southerners or the British. Add to this the horrific costs of unification and the radical restructuring in the political and economic sectors that would result and most Southerners would run a mile.
It would be rather ironic if northern nationalist managed to reach a point of 50.1% and secured the right to unify but were then rejected by the south.

Answer 3

As other people have said - The whole island was part of the UK until 1921 when it was called for Home Rule. The country was then divided as the maily protestant counties of Fermanagh, Armagh, Tyrone, Londonderry/Derry, Antrim and Down wanted to remain part of the UK Thats the way it was then, and that is the way it still is today, there will only be a united Ireland if the citizens of Northern Ireland vote for it, which is highly unlikely to happen. Citizens of Northern Ireland can hold a British or Irish passport, or Both. We declare our Nationality as being British, Irish, Northern Irish, and some people would say Ulster Scots. Anyone who refers to Northern Ireland as a province is totally incorrect. Northern Ireland is a COUNTRY which happens to lie within the boundaries of the province of Ulster - there are three counties within Ulster which belong to the Republic of Ireland. Also please disregard xxSimple's answer as is is extremely narrow minded.

Answer 4

In Northern Ireland some people consider themselves part of Ireland and others consider themselves as a part of the United Kingdom/Britain.

In some places (such as parts of Belfast and Derry) the divide is very obvious. Walls divide nationalist Irish areas from British loyalists, and you can tell what area you are in by the paintings on the walls, the flags hanging off the buildings and the clothes people wear.

In other parts of Northern Ireland it is much less obvious.

In conclusion - different people in Ireland feel different ways about it. Some cherish their British citizenship while others long to be a a part of the Irish Republic.

Answer 5

As a resident of the Republic of Ireland, I can tell you that most GenX people feel that it really doesn't matter anymore. Ireaslnd will never be unified because in Ireland terrorism is a business. It's not about north and south, British or Irish, Protestant or Catholic. Maybe it used to be, but today it's about money. I don't care who ends up "owning" N. Ireland. I just want the killing to stop.

Answer 6

I am assuming you are asking about the Republic of Ireland when you ask this. To tell the truth a lot of people just don't care anymore-we have money and nobody is getting blown up anymore so apathy has set in. That said, the main political party in Government, Fianna Fail, style themselves as a party for a unified Ireland (though pragmatically do not pursue this with any great zeal).

This is such a huge question you would have to probably visit Ireland to get your own answer to this question.

But my opinion is that basically we are ceasing to care that much!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The Irsh people has to swallow the bitter pill
to carry the burden of their weak forehathers.