Yes, and natives sold Manhattan for $24; the deals those people made died with them.
I don’t think the native Irish in the north put much stock in what southerners (who did win their independence) signed away for their northern kinsmen); a civil war was fought in Ireland over the question, so I don’t think the betrayal of the north was very popular. Ireland will get its six counties because of their birthrate; England clung to the industry in the north, but that died decades ago - it is now an economic albatross around their necks.
Britain wanted to give home rule to all of Ireland, it was the Protestants of the North who started to import guns to resist anyone, including the Crown, who tried to impose 'Rome Rule' on them. In any case, I doubt NI is going to be rushing to merge itself with the economic basket case that is the South....
Britain wanted to give home rule to all of Ireland, it was the Protestants of the North who started to import guns to resist anyone, including the Crown, who tried to impose 'Rome Rule' on them. In any case, I doubt NI is going to be rushing to merge itself with the economic basket case that is the South....