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About LinkBacksThankyou i will, I can see my waistline taking a hit- but its worth itOriginally Posted by martino
Thankyou i will, I can see my waistline taking a hit- but its worth it
Cira/rira Not in my name.
Well evidently there must be some reason why British football teams are followed religiously by (most of) the male population of this Republic. I've never understood it myself.
What about http://www.glenilen.com ?
"I don't think Martin McGuinness necessarily intended to kill anyone while in the IRA." factual
Ah you see, it's the 'Brit' within, something they are loath to acknowledge.
Perhaps it goes back to Anglo-Norman times.
Perfect, thank you- I would recommend this to any culinary enthusiasts, Scone, clotted cream and jam- just like we have here but with cream instead of Butter.
If m and s dont have it I am going to head down to cork this week- take the young one to foto island and stock up on cream.
I looked on the net before but couldn't find it. thanks pete2
Cira/rira Not in my name.
Why would they want good pensions, hospitals and quality of life when they can have all this instead?
High debt, crap quality of life?
Who cares when you can invade Iraq!
Abstinence makes the Church grow fondlers.
And, for all its faults, the BBC is the greatest broadcasting institution in the entire world...
What, was it ye olde Premier league, then?
Henry VIII had three children.
(1) - Mary (Catholic) daughter of Catherine of Arragone, who went on to marry the King of Scotland, who died, and in the Scotish tradition left her ruling Scotland as Queen. She had one son by him, James.
(2) - Elizabeth (Protestant) daughter of Anne Boelyn, who never married and died without issue.
(3) - Edward (Protestant) mothers name escapes me just at this minute. Always of poor health.
When Henry died, Edward became King. He was always a sickly child and died after six months on the throne aged 16. His older sister Elizabeth was suspected of helping him on his way.
Elizabeth assumed the throne as Queen even though her older sister Mary was next in line. The war that followed between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots is of course famous. It ended with the capture of Mary who was beheaded by Elizbeth (a bit of a grusome botch job to be honest).
Elizabeth went on to become a famous English Queen but died without issue (to call her a virgin would insult everyones intelligence). So Mary's son James who was now James I of Scotland, who had in the meantime converted to become a protestant, inherited the throne becoming also James I of England. He moved his court from Edinburgh to London and passed laws joining Scotland and England as one country a United Kingdom which he gave the latin name "Magnus Britania" or in English "Great Britain".
The word Great is a reference to the fact that the two kingdoms had been united as one larger/greater country. Wales was not included as it is only a Principality which is in theory governed by the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Monarch of Great Britain. The then Kingdom of Ireland was added to the union in 1800 forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Thankfully, 26 counties of Ireland broke away in 1921 and declared a Republic in 1948. Leaving 6 counties in Ulster, the Kingdom of Northern Ireland, within the Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In summary the title "Great" will only be dropped if England and Scotland separate, disolving the original union.
Is the purpose of this thread to make us feel better? I make a point of ignoring Irish comparisons with the UK because I believe this to be a cop-out and a depressing, recurring myopia. There is much much more to the continent we inhabit than the UK.
There is nothing more self-deluding than saying "At least we are not like that!", regardless of whether all the assertions in the OP are true or not.
Fianna Fail - The Loss of Sovereignty Party.
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