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Originally Posted by curmudgeon  The United Kingdom isthe name of the country that consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Its full name is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." Great Britain is the name of the island northwest of France and east of Ireland that consists of three individual regions: England, Wales and Scotland.
Therefore, England is part of Great Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom, as are Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. The South of Ireland is an independent Republic also known as Eire.  |
...and curmudgeon has spared you another complicating detail. The island of Ireland is made up of Provinces, each of which includes a number of counties. Northern Ireland is sometimes referred to as 'Ulster', because
most of the Province of Ulster is in Northern Ireland - not all of it though:
Ulster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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