antarmike Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Great Britain and Ireland are formally united into a single realm, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 And what stands the "U" for today? Thought that the Irish had left the United Kingdom a certain time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927. It was formed by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself having been a merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland) and the Kingdom of Ireland. Following Irish independence on 6 December 1922, when the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty came into effect, the name continued in official use until it was changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act of 1927. The part of the island of Ireland that seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922 is today the republic of Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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