Irish Citizens in the North/ Presidential election

my my my what have we here  ?and i thought it was only the British that were fond of telling people what nationality they are. So if it wasnt for NI,  Ireland would be the land of milk and honey and everything would be just grand , We would be just great and americans would like us even more.

 

I am irish, just like my parents and just like my grandparents and thankfully every border guard I encounter on my travels supporting my country reackons I am Irish too thats kinda  good enough for me. and should I ever get into trouble abroad the Irish embassy will do as much for me as they would for you probably more as they would probably concur with AM opinion

 

thankfully while you are entitled to your opinion it is irellevent

 

for the record do I think we should have a vote in a general election - no

 

in the presidental election ? probably but I wont lose any sleep over it

 

So let me get this straight. Before partition we were all part of the United Kingdom, so we were all Irish but also we were all British. The British Government then decides to draw a line through a map of this country, creating a gerrymandered state in the North in order to give unionism the largest amount of territory possible. Upon this atrificial state being created the people living there, who were born as Irish people like the rest of us, as were their parents and their grandparents, just suddenly ceased to be Irish and became "Northern Irish"? Despite them having no control or a say over this artifical border? Their nationality was just wiped away from that day? Its an incredible attitude to hold. We got out independence but screw the rest of ye, we want nothing to do with ye. What if the Boundary Commission had done their job properly? Derry City, a good chunk of Fermanagh, Tyrone and South Armagh would have been transferred to the Free State. The people there would have continued to be Irish according to you but because of a quirk of history they are condemned to being "Northern Irish" like someones identity and nationality can be taken away just like that. What if unionism had the numbers to include Donegal in the North? Would the Irishness of people from Donegal be negated? As I say an absolutely incredible attitude to hold

 

............and in the words of the great Ray Wilkins....."Well done young man"