Re: CHAT National toponyms

Rodlox scripsit:

> > 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*
No, no.  Because of the Act of Union in that year, which created the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.  There had been a previous
Act of Union in 1707 between England and Scotland that created
the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

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