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===[[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] Ireland [[File:PLB-StPat.png]]===

'''United Ireland''' refers to a possible sovereign state covering all 32 counties of Ireland. As of right now, the independent [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] the Republic of Ireland covers 26 counties and [[File:PLB-StPat.png]] Northern Ireland that has the remaining 6, is part of the [[File:Cball-UK.png]] United Kingdom. The idea of a united Ireland, completely independent from the British, is supported by the overwhelming majority of [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism|Irish nationalists]] like [[File:UKSinn.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|Sinn Féin]].

The demarcation of Ireland's borders in 1921 was driven by demographic, economic, religious and political factors. In demographic terms, the six counties constituting Northern Ireland contain a pro-British and Protestant majority, which favors union with the UK. Since the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on December 6, 1921, which simultaneously recognized the existence of the new Irish Free State and in turn the ability of Northern Ireland to decide whether or not to join that state. The Northern Irish parliament instead rejected that possibility and requested to continue to be under the United Kingdom, becoming one of its constituencies. In 1937 the Irish Free State left the British Commonwealth of Nations and in 1949 it would end up as the Republic of Ireland, thus having no close political connection to the United Kingdom.

Since the division of the island, significant work has been carried out in order to reunite both regions as one united Irish state. As a result, the northern territory of the island was engulfed in a long-term armed conflict. Formally, in 1998, both the Irish and the British governments agreed that the status of Northern Ireland would not be changed without the approval of its residents.