It's on the front of my passport and has always been on coins.I’m not Irish but those that have said it is offensive are and I do believe the term in Irish is Eireann.
Think it's the official name of the state after 1937.
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It's on the front of my passport and has always been on coins.I’m not Irish but those that have said it is offensive are and I do believe the term in Irish is Eireann.
It's on the front of my passport and has always been on coins.
Think it's the official name of the state after 1937.
I had both of those singles
Part of me really hates it when England do well at the World Cup - all of a sudden there are people talking about it as if they know the ins and outs of the game, when at any other time they have no interest whatsoever.
a wobbly bottom lipped no hoper.
I’m not Irish but those that have said it is offensive are and I do believe the term in Irish is Eireann.
Oh come on ? Eireann
I support England in cricket. Never really cared about the football team though. I like the current crop since there's been a fair bit of Spurs representation over the last few years and Gareth Southgate is a likeable man but England football fans are such tryhard cunts.
Can't be arsed making a new thread but this one is close enough - a question: When a player is on loan and gets capped (like Jack Clarke for example) which club is he awarded the cap for?
You know what I mean: which club gets the credit for the cap, the one the player is currently playing for or the one who 'owns' the player? I assume it's the later but not sure...But the club don’t get the cap innit?:mong:
You know what I mean: which club gets the credit for the cap, the one the player is currently playing for or the one who 'owns' the player? I assume it's the later but not sure...
Not that I'm bothered but I'll put this here anyway.I didn't write this:
"Well, there are two jurisdictions on the island. The term 'Ireland' applies to whole island. English people may have seized on the term 'Eire' because it gave them an excuse not say 'Ireland'. They wanted to avoid describing the Southern Ireland team as 'Ireland' so 'Eire' demarcates the fact that it is the 26 county team they are talking about. This was in the era that the Republic of Ireland used to claim the territory of the whole island.It is harking back to an era that is obsolete. The term 'Eire' went out of fashion in the late 1940s. "
Not that I'm bothered but I'll put this here anyway.
"Article 4 of the Constitution of Ireland, adopted in 1937, provides that "the name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". Hence, the Irish state has two official names, Éire (in Irish) and Ireland (in English). For official purposes, including in international treaties and other legal documents, and where the language of the documents is English, the Irish government uses the name Ireland. The same is true in respect of the name Éire for documents written in Irish. "
So according to the Irish constitution the official name of the Republic of Ireland in Irish is Eire, hence the use of Eire on passports etc.