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The whole island of Ireland was never an independent state. Partition was a condition of the Independence treaty. Ireland as a political entity has only ever be
by rmchugh 10y ago
The whole island of Ireland was never an independent state. Partition was a condition of the Independence treaty. Ireland as a political entity has only ever been the 26 counties. According to this study from 2013, only 15% of the population want a United Ireland. This may have been affected by the South's relative economic problems at that point, but as far as I know, there has never been a majority in favour of a united Ireland in the North.
http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/2013/Political_Attitudes/NIRELND2.html http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/2013/Political_Attitudes/NIRELND2....
- s_dev 10y agoIt was 32 united counties from 1800 to 1920.
- donohoe 10y agoYes - but it was part of the UK then at the time - not an independent state an only partly had its own parliament during that time.
- rmchugh 10y agoNo, after the act of Union it was part of the United Kingdom of Ireland and Great Britain, ruled by the British crown and Westminster. Prior to that it was actually a distinct political entity (The Kingdom of Ireland) with its own parliament in Dublin, but ruled by the British crown.
- talideon 10y agoWell, prior to the establishment of the Kingdom of Ireland (which, for the gallery, was essentially an Anglo-Norman puppet state of the Kingdom of England and Wales), Ireland was essentially a independent state, except without any kind of strong central government (though there were repeated attempts to turn the largely ceremonial high-kingship into one), but held together by a shared culture and legal system: a nation, but not a state. I guess the closest modern example would be Somalia.