What does NI stand for?
North Irishman
The BBC article is quite interesting as it points out that Francis Scott Key was detained by Ross
pending a naval bombardment and it was during this bombardment that Key wrote the " Star Spangled Banner".
More interesting and historical facts are found in this article.
Northern Ireland.
Note the -ern after North to denote he didn’t just come from a place in the north of Ireland but from the state of Northern Ireland which of course is absurdly anachronistic as Northern Ireland didn’t exist then.