Occassionally I see someone complaining that the English ignore Ireland. I don't see it very often though because, well err.... Maybe they've got a point. I have visited Ireland, north and south, from time to time. But it doesn't really have a big part of my attention. However I am aware that the island is divided and that not much short of a million of my fellow UK citizens would really much rather not be fellow UK citizens. I don't like nationalism as an idealology. But national identity is a totally different thing which deserves respect. So if those guys want to be Irish, it's not for me to disagree.
