Why North Ireland doesn't belong to Great Britain?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

From wikipedia: "Politically, Great Britain describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales. It includes outlying islands such as the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides, and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland".

So NETTY-LEA, it's more than an island!!

Sorry I meant "Northern Ireland" and not "North Ireland", I'm not english. sorry again ;-)

Answer 1

Great Britain is the island which contains Scotland, England and Wales. Northern Ireland is a part of the UK but it's on a different island. :-)

Answer 2

Northern Ireland is officially part of the U.K., however people living in the North are also entitled to Irish passports, the answer basically depends on who you ask, you will nearly always get a different answer. I just want to address what banjo said. Ireland NEVER got Home Rule, For 50 years the Home Rule or Irish Parlimentary Party campaigned for HR in Ireland. Finally in 1912, on its third attempt Ireland was granted HR & was due to come in to effect in 1914. However, with the outbreak of WW1 this was abandoned. After events of 1916 and the War of Independence it was clear that HR was no longer adequate for the Irish people. In 1922 the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, while similar to HR it did allow Ireland more freedom. Later the Fianna Fail government led by Eamonn De Velera tore apart the treaty leaving Ireland just a dominion of the British Gov, this however came to an end in 1949 when Ireland became a republic. An entirely seperated state from the U.K. Also Ireland DOES have their own Army and Navy, I should know since I have friends in both forces. Ireland is a neutral state and quite frankly would never need the 'protection' from a state that enslaved it for 800yrs.

Answer 3

Great Britain, the outlying islands, the island of Ireland (including Eire and Northern Ireland) all comprise the British Isles. So we have two countries - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Eire)

Answer 4

At the moment it does, it is a part of the UK, and sends members of parliment to the house of commons. The remainder of the Island of Eire, used to be as well, but became the Irish state, created under the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was known between 1922 and 1937 as the Irish Free State. After 1937 as Éire. However, Since 1949, the term Republic of Ireland has generally been used in preference to Éire, when speaking English. But from 2007 the Irish government will use Éire-Ireland at meetings of the European Union to disguinsh themselves from Northern Ireland.

As an administrative division of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland was defined by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, and has had its own form of devolved government in a similar manner to Scotland and Wales. The Northern Ireland Assembly is, however, currently in partial suspension. Supporters of unionism regularly call Northern Ireland "Ulster". Some nationalist and republicans almost always use "North of Ireland" or the "Six Counties".

Answer 5

Actually, politically and indeed the nursery rhyme goes "england, ireland, scotland,wales" So all of these countries, are part of themake up of the united Kingdom. In actual fact the republic still shares a large amount of interst with the united kingdom. It looks to britain for technology, finance, etc.
The republic doesnt have an army, air force, or navy. This is because britain still defends the republic.
The so called 'independence' actually only granted the irish 'home rule' in 1922, with various clauses and conditions, and these have remained so.
These days they are more or less formal, depending on how useful they are, and how outrdated that they are, but the armed forces one is a good example.

Answer 6

It's under England's charge to some extent still...
It's just the other 80% of Ireland that's independent. The Irish never liked the rule of the English. It was a case of a bad reaction and an unfortunate proximity of each other. Given that both are a very headstrong bunch, they'd probably be bickering and fighting till eternity.

Answer 7

It doesn't. It's part of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.

Answer 8

were you born before the 1922 treaty and then frozen having just woken up? Noth Ireland does, unfortunately, belong to Brittain.

Or

Did you forget to type the rest of the question?

Answer 9

It is part of the United Kingdom.

Answer 10

don't be so harsh on netty-lea ! do you know where the Falkland islands are ? !! remember Margaret thatcher ?--- remember that ! war and British sovereignty !!