Rodlox wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe <joe@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:46 PM
> Subject: Re: CHAT National toponyms (
>
>>Well, England and Scotland aren't Kingdoms. The Act of Union dealt with
>>that. Northern Ireland is all that remains of the ex-Kingdom of
>>Ireland, though that was also stripped of its Kingdomhood in 1801.
>
> because some Irish sided with Napoleon? *curious*
Nope, there were a lot of reasons, but mainly to finalise its
integration with the rest of the UK. Nothing to do with Napoleon.
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Keith Gaughan -- talideon.com
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