Talk:Ireland

Traslade

I think the article should be moved to Ireland (Island) since the reader commonly associated "Ireland" to "Republic of Ireland" and enter the article is remarkable that the island has to Ireland (Republic) and Northern Ireland. It would be correct, because in effect it is an island, the problem is that the article is semi-protected. They think?. Jaam0121 (talk) 19:10, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Given the hatnote, the redirect and the disambig., there can hardly be a problem. Qexigator (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

I*'m sure many readers are concerned about political matters but the consensus from a lot of previous discussion is the current arrangement is more in line with usage. Except for things concerned with the troubles or business statistics like GNP people are more usually interested in the island as a whole. Dmcq (talk) 21:27, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

the tyndall effect is not the explanation for blue sky

The article states (under section Science) "discovered the Tyndall effect, which explains why the sky is blue" but according to the linked article, this is Raleigh Scattering, *not* the Tyndall effect. Cranium (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 05:58, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

I've removed the statement. ww2censor (talk) 11:20, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Irish flag in article question

ShockD (talk) 15:01, 12 February 2015 (UTC) The Irish flag is not shown once in this article. Why?

Geographical landmasses tend not to have flags that's why. Geopolitical structures do and as such you will find the Irish flag at Republic of Ireland. And even if you argued that to some the flag represents the whole island, it still only represents a geopolitical structure and not a geographical landmass which this article is on about, though it obvious goes into the geopolitical history of what happened on it. Mabuska ^(talk) 16:02, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Not the largest, but the second largest

Ireland is, of course, not the largest (in terms of area) island of the British Isles archipelago, but only the second largest one, whereas Great Britain is the largest island there !! Thomas Limberg (Schmogrow) 93.197.46.203 (talk) 08:48, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Read closer, that's just what the article says. IgnorantArmies (talk) 09:12, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

But, the sentence is quite poorly worded. The words "... after which it is the largest island of the British Isles archipelago" could easily be omitted, especially as the British Isles are, in geographical terms, not really an archipelago at all (why include both Shetland and Jersey, but not, say, the Faroes?). Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2015

Currently it states that "Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers five-sixths of the island,..." This should not just state that politically it`s divided because it is obviously geographically, physically if you like, split too. I suggest something akin to simply dropping the introductory sentence & begin with: "Ireland is divided: "Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers five-sixths of the island..." " As to sources well I could list references forever as this is a core fact & accepted so & to drop the "politically" keeps it clear. Thank you.

Never2 (talk) 12:56, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Done Kharkiv07^Talk 15:30, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Undone: This request has been undone. I've reverted this. I'm no expert in matters of Ireland, but this would be the first time I hear of a geographical divide between the two polities. Alakzi (talk) 15:39, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Kharkiv07^Talk 15:49, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

add the yola language name for ireland

hi i would like to add the yola name for ireland to the page. yola is a language from wexford. thankyou — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yola12345 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 6 April 2015 (UTC)