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[Abdulhaq]

On Sunday, 10 December 2017 at 09:02:46 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
(Abscissa) wrote:
> On 12/09/2017 07:58 AM, wobbles wrote:
>> On Thursday, 7 December 2017 at 14:31:01 UTC, Chris wrote:
>>   I didn't know Ireland was so
>>> unknown, unless, of course, I'm supposed to choose "Great 
>>> Britain".
>> 
>> I also hated myself for clicking Great Britain :-)
>
> As an outsider, I'm curious about this. My (perhaps 
> innacurate?) understanding was that "Great Britain" was more a 
> geographical term referring to everything on the islands rather 
> than a political boundary (as opposed to "UK" which is purely a 
> political concept and includes some, but not all, of the 
> countries on the same islands). Is that not enitrely correct? 
> Or is that exactly the the part that's uncomfortable - that 
> it's a "Country" field which lacks the actual country name and 
> only offers a geographic collection in its place?

I am half English and half Irish (Kilkenny).

The English occupied / (occupy) Ireland and it was / (is) very 
unpopular. Hence an Irishman will not enjoy having to associate 
himself with his (former / current) occupiers.