Is the part of Ireland that belongs to Great Britain called Ulster?

What is the area of Ireland that is independent of Great Britain called?

Currently, it is the 'Republic of Ireland'. When it 'broke away, from Great Britain, in 1922, it was named the 'Irish Free State'. Then in 1937 it was renamed 'Eire'. The Irish (Erse) language name for Ireland., In 1949 it renamed to the modern current name of ' Republic of Ireland'. Currently, it has a president, and a parliament (Dail) ( pronounced 'doyle/doil), based in its capital city of 'Dublin'. Historically the island of Ireland was divided in to four provinces. viz., Ulster(North), Leinster(East), Munster(South) and Connaught/Connacht(West). Each province is divided in counties. On separation in 1922, when the Irish Free State was set up , the international boundary between the Irish Free State and the U.K separated the nine counties of Ulster. into six counties of Northern Ireland(UK), and three counties remaining in the Republic of Ireland. The other three provinces all remain in the Republic of Ireland. The interntional border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland(UK) is a very open border. However, The Republic of Ireland is NOT a member of the British Commonwealth of nations.

What is the name for north Ireland?

The province which forms the entire geographic north of Ireland is called Ulster. It has nine counties. There is also what is called Northern Ireland which is most but not all of the province of Ulster. It contains six of the counties of Ulster. The most northerly point on the island of Ireland is in Ulster but is not actually in Northern Ireland. It is in county Donegal, one the three Ulster counties that are in the Republic of Ireland and not in Northern Ireland.

Is the whole of Ulster part of Northern Ireland?

Ulster has 9 counties. Only 6 of them are part of what is called Northern Ireland. In fact, the most northerly point of all of Ireland is in Ulster, but in one of the 3 counties that is not in Northern Ireland.

Show me Northern Ireland's rugby shirt?

it's not called Northern Ireland, that's football, it's called Ulster, including the 3 Ulster counties of Eire. The crest bears the red hand of Ulster

The problems in northern Ireland were called this?

'The Troubles'. Ulster

Is CoCavan part of Northen Ireland?

No. It is geographically in the north of Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster, the northern province of Ireland. However Ulster has 9 counties, of which 6 make up what is called Northern Ireland. Cavan is one of the other 3 counties of Ulster that are in the Republic of Ireland.

What is the country of the UK is sometimes called Ulster?

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The island of Ireland is divided is into the republic of Ireland and the much smaller northern Ireland also called ulster What is the capital of the republic of Ireland?

Dublin

What country is Ireland part of?

Ulster is not the name for any country. This is a common confusion. Ulster is a province consisting of 9 counties. 6 of those counties form what is called Northern Ireland. So Ulster and Northern Ireland are not the same.

Does Ireland belong to British empire?

Obviously that is a massively controversial subject. The short answer is "Because the majority of people in the six counties known as Northern Ireland consider themselves as British" It was Irish (mostly Ulster) Unionists in the late 1800's who with their allies in the British Conservative party who consistantly objected to the idea of Irish home rule, the idea of a separate homeland for the Protestant Ulstermen seemed like the only compromise, and it was the only thing that nobody wanted, not the British government, not Irish nationalists and not Ulster Loyalists.

Why is Northern Ireland represented by the hand of Ulster?

It's an ancient Irish symbol for Ulster. In the Táin, which is an Irish epic equivalent to something like the Odyssey, the king of Ulster and his army are called the Red Hand.

What part of Ireland belongs to the british?

No. The six counties of Northern Ireland are a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The rest of Ireland is a separate, sovereign country called The Republic of Ireland. Britain refers to England, Scotland and Wales, so no part of Ireland is part of Britain.