Holidays from "Southern Ireland"

fly.on.the.wall · 12-01-2008 4:10pm #1

Anyone else cop this?

Don't know about you, but it's certainly silly in this day and age - would almost put me off booking with them ! :cool:

Have a look....

http://www.falconholidays.ie/ourholidays/

I think a nice email to their webmaster might help ?

webmaster@falconholidays.ie

Femelade · 12-01-2008 4:21pm

whats the problem?
God, the things people complain about these days..

Steyr · 12-01-2008 4:23pm

Whats your point here???? This is Southern Ireland im in so its fine by me. Fair play to them for doing the SI NI thing.

fly.on.the.wall · 12-01-2008 4:24pm

Femmy wrote: »

whats the problem?
God, the things people complain about these days..

Eh...have you ever heard of a place called "Southern Ireland" ??

As for as I'm concerned i live in Ireland / Republic of Ireland as per our constitution of 1937 !

jum4 · 12-01-2008 4:24pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

Eh...have you ever heard of a place called "Southern Ireland" ??

yawn...

Wertz · 12-01-2008 4:25pm

Umm...euro V sterling? Different taxes on flights? Different airports? It's just the way the website is set up to handle bookings...it's not excatly a political statement.
If you're booking a package holiday with any company you have more to worry about than something so petty IMO...

ejmaztec · 12-01-2008 4:25pm

Karoma · 12-01-2008 4:26pm

I agree with the OP. It should be one option: 'holidays from the British Isles'! Hear, hear!

Anyone else cop this?

No. Nobody. Nobody uses 'em. Are you cancelling your holiday to Lanzaratty now?

Jimbo · 12-01-2008 4:27pm

OP, stop complaining. As part of the British Isles, we should have respect for our Overlords in the mainland

Femelade · 12-01-2008 4:27pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

Eh...have you ever heard of a place called "Southern Ireland" ??

As for as I'm concerned i live in Ireland / Republic of Ireland as per our constitution of 1937 !

Am..yes,i have infact i live there..in the south of ireland, and by your profile, you do too..

Karoma · 12-01-2008 4:29pm

Femmy wrote: »

Am..yes,i have infact i live there..in the south of ireland, and by your profile, you do too..

Oh, crap. Don't start a Cork Culchie off. He'll either accept that it's Southern Ireland and proceed to tell us all how Cork is the real capital of Southern Ireland or he'll just never accept it and never shut up with mindless, pointless rhetoric and godawful songs.

Oh...wait...you're... d'oh. It's in Southern Irish language too for added points.

ejmaztec · 12-01-2008 4:31pm

The only thing wrong that I can see is that they've included Kerry in Southern Ireland. It's a different country, after all.

Jimbo · 12-01-2008 4:33pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

The only thing wrong that I can see is that they've included Kerry in Southern Ireland. It's a different country, after all.

We wish...

Dennis the Stone · 12-01-2008 4:42pm

I don't know about all of you but I am still living in the Irish Free State and nobody can ever change that

Dave! · 12-01-2008 4:45pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

Eh...have you ever heard of a place called "Southern Ireland" ??

As for as I'm concerned i live in Ireland / Republic of Ireland as per our constitution of 1937 !

Actually it's Éire or Ireland!

OT: I don't give a sh*t.

Karoma · 12-01-2008 4:47pm

Kemos wrote: »

I don't know about all of you but I am still living in the Irish Free State and nobody can ever change that

So, you still swear an oath to the monarchy?

DonalN · 12-01-2008 4:47pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

We wish...

don't we all

Karoma · 12-01-2008 4:49pm

DonalN wrote: »

don't we all

Personally, I'm in favour of a new republic down the south of Ireland: Cork + Kerry. Cork can be the capital of that little country and Kerry will supply the honest, hard-working farming proletariat...

Spook_ie · 12-01-2008 4:50pm

I always thought of myself as being in the southern republican portion of the Island of Ireland, and now suddenly I don't know where I am.......maybe thats why I became a taxi driver

Funkstard · 12-01-2008 4:51pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

Eh...have you ever heard of a place called "Southern Ireland" ??

As for as I'm concerned i live in Ireland / Republic of Ireland as per our constitution of 1937 !

The 1937 states nothing about Ireland being a Republic. Ireland was proclaimed a Republic in the 1949 Republic of Ireland Act.

EDIT: A bill to finally and unambiguously declare a republic was introduced in 1948 by the new Taoiseach, John A. Costello of the Fine Gael party. What caused the bill to be introduced remains a mystery. Costello made the announcement that the bill was to be introduced when he was in Ottawa, during an official visit to Canada. It had been suggested that it was a spur of the moment reaction to offence caused by the Governor-General of Canada, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis who was of Northern Irish descent and who allegedly placed symbols of Northern Ireland, notably a replica of the famous Roaring Meg cannon used in the Siege of Derry, before an affronted Costello at a state dinner. What is certain is that the prior arrangement whereby toasts to the King (symbolising Canada) and the President (representing Ireland) were to be proposed, was broken. Only a toast to the King was proposed, to the fury of the Irish delegation. Shortly afterwards Costello announced the plan to declare the republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_Act

Spook_ie · 12-01-2008 4:51pm

Karoma wrote: »

So, you still swear an oath to the monarchy?

We just have an elected monarchy, whats the problem?

Jimbo · 12-01-2008 4:52pm

Karoma wrote: »

Personally, I'm in favour of a new republic down the south of Ireland: Cork + Kerry. Cork can be the capital of that little country and Kerry will supply the honest, hard-working farming proletariat...

Cork is far superior to Kerry. Don't try to pair them off with us. Its like the neighbours from hell, were always associated with those bloody culchies

Femelade · 12-01-2008 4:52pm

Karoma wrote: »

Oh, crap. Don't start a Cork Culchie off. He'll either accept that it's Southern Ireland and proceed to tell us all how Cork is the real capital of Southern Ireland or he'll just never accept it and never shut up with mindless, pointless rhetoric and godawful songs.

Oh...wait...you're... d'oh. It's in Southern Irish language too for added points.

OOhhhh...touchy touchy...

Karoma · 12-01-2008 4:54pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

We just have an elected monarchy, whats the problem?

At least you got to elect the twits. Or, someone did. Supposedly. Nothing "wrong". Just checking with Kemos, out of curiosity.

jimbo78 wrote: »

Cork is far superior to Kerry. Don't try to pair them off with us. Its like the neighbours from hell, were always associated with those bloody culchies

Tough. You have the arrogance to rule them.

Femmy wrote: »

OOhhhh...touchy touchy...

Feely feely?

PM meh. I'm loveleh.

mikemac · 12-01-2008 4:55pm

Funkstard wrote: »

The 1937 states nothing about Ireland being a Republic. Ireland was proclaimed a Republic in the 1949 Republic of Ireland Act.

Was just about to post this, beaten to it

fly.on.the.wall, your facts are wrong

thelordofcheese · 12-01-2008 4:57pm

jimbo78 wrote: »

OP, stop complaining. As part of the British Isles, we should have respect for our Overlords in the mainland

Hear Hear!
Damn rabble trying to rise above their station....

Spook_ie · 12-01-2008 4:59pm

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Hear Hear!
Damn rabble trying to rise above their station....

Yeah damned rabble, Still remeber the ITV adverts " Come home to a real fire, buy a cottage in Wales":)

Dennis the Stone · 12-01-2008 5:00pm

Karoma wrote: »

So, you still swear an oath to the monarchy?

Yes. Yes I do

Dave! · 12-01-2008 5:09pm

Karoma wrote: »

Personally, I'm in favour of a new republic down the south of Ireland: Cork + Kerry. Cork can be the capital of that little country and Kerry will supply the honest, hard-working farming proletariat...

Enda Kenny as Der Fuhrer?

ejmaztec · 12-01-2008 5:12pm

Karoma wrote: »

Personally, I'm in favour of a new republic down the south of Ireland: Cork + Kerry. Cork can be the capital of that little country and Kerry will supply the honest, hard-working farming proletariat...

We'll pretend that Cork is running the little republic, and when their knuckle-dragging labour-force has given us some proper roads (cause they're good at roads), we'll send them back from whence they came.;)

thelordofcheese · 12-01-2008 5:17pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

Yeah damned rabble, Still remeber the ITV adverts " Come home to a real fire, buy a cottage in Wales":)

I have two cottages, one to set on fire, and one nearby so i can bask in the warmth.
Gods own country over here, i tells ya.

Jimbo · 12-01-2008 5:21pm

I think Karoma should relinquish his Mod powers to thelordofcheese

fly.on.the.wall · 12-01-2008 5:48pm

Outside what is being said, i dont mind the part of the Island i live in being discribed as being in southern Ireland - notice i dont use a capital letter in the word southern, but them using a capital S, they are making out that this is in fact the name of out blessed state!!

Oh and i stand corrected in that fact that the official description for the Irish state as the Republic of Ireland didnt come into effect until 1949 as per the Republic of Ireland Act 1948!

But come on guys, if these people want to sell holidays, can they please get the name of the market in which they are selling correct!!

Karoma · 12-01-2008 5:53pm

DaveMcG wrote: »

Enda Kenny as Der Fuhrer?

Sure. Take all the gingers with him.

MagicMarker · 12-01-2008 5:54pm

What part of it is incorrect?

ejmaztec · 12-01-2008 5:55pm

Do many Spaniards moan because their country is referred to as Spain, instead of España?

fly.on.the.wall · 12-01-2008 6:02pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Do many Spaniards moan because their country is referred to as Spain, instead of España?

Spain is the English translation of Espana...

No comparison in what im saying!

The point I am making is that there is no such country as "Southern Ireland".... :eek:

Cathmandooo · 12-01-2008 6:05pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

The point I am making is that there is no such country as "Southern Ireland".... :eek:

The site doesnt say Southern Ireland is a country :rolleyes: it's an area, and maybe makes it a bit easier for the foreigners to know where they're flying out of, would you argue with your own shadow?

Jimbo · 12-01-2008 6:07pm

I think the OP may have a point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland

'Ol Jack Chance · 12-01-2008 6:39pm

how dare they call a geographically southern part of a country the south! pc brigade ftw

ejmaztec · 12-01-2008 7:32pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

Spain is the English translation of Espana...

No comparison in what im saying!

The point I am making is that there is no such country as "Southern Ireland".... :eek:

Perhaps Southern Ireland is the English translation for The Irish Republic:p

Lizzykins · 12-01-2008 8:25pm

As far as I remember from the constitution the name of the country is Ireland or Eire. As someone pointed out we became a republic in 1949 ie the Irish Republic. The "Republic of Ireland" is the name of the soccer team!

gurramok · 12-01-2008 8:34pm

'Ol wrote:

how dare they call a geographically southern part of a country the south! pc brigade ftw

Forgotten Donegal?

Davidius · 12-01-2008 9:27pm

Falcon?

As in Captain Falcon? Sure he wouldn't care being from the future and all.

spurious · 12-01-2008 10:57pm

There is no such country as 'Southern Ireland'.
The name of the country is Ireland (or Éire if using the Irish language).

Presumably, Falcon would consider a booking from Inishowen to be made from 'southern' Ireland.

OPENROAD · 12-01-2008 11:55pm

fly.on.the.wall wrote: »

Anyone else cop this?

Don't know about you, but it's certainly silly in this day and age - would almost put me off booking with them ! :cool:

Have a look....

http://www.falconholidays.ie/ourholidays/

I think a nice email to their webmaster might help ?

webmaster@falconholidays.ie

Who cares, no big deal imo

13-01-2008 1:52am

Don't care what they call it, as I'll always be in the West.

Nehpets · 13-01-2008 3:42am

Southern Ireland, ya would

A Dub in Glasgo · 13-01-2008 12:30pm

The most northern point on the island of Ireland is in Southern Ireland according to those who agree with this nonsense.

OPENROAD · 13-01-2008 7:22pm

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

The most northern point on the island of Ireland is in Southern Ireland according to those who agree with this nonsense.

Who cares though.

A Dub in Glasgo · 13-01-2008 7:24pm

Obviously the OP

Holidays from "Southern Ireland"

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