> Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] (listen);[7] Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom that is vari

> Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] (listen);[7] Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region. From Wiki, there's a bunch o links after that very first sentence. More from wiki: > For example, the websites of the Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[99] and the UK Statistics Authority describe the United Kingdom as being made up of four countries, one of these being Northern Ireland.[100] Other pages on the same websites refer to Northern Ireland specifically as a "province" as do publications of the UK Statistics Authority.[101][102] The website of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency also refers to Northern Ireland as being a province[103] as does the website of the Office of Public Sector Information[104] and other agencies within Northern Ireland.[105] Publications of HM Treasury[106] and the Department of Finance and Personnel of the Northern Ireland Executive,[107] on the other hand, describe Northern Ireland as being a "region of the UK". The UK's submission to the 2007 United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names defines the UK as being made up of two countries (England and Scotland), one principality (Wales) and one province (Northern Ireland).[108] And Ireland definitely doesn't claim it as part of the Republic.