Northern Irish or of Northern Ireland   Hi Keith  I was wondering if you had any opinion on this  I have noticed that the vast majority of for example sports categories for UK regions all seem to follow the collective demonym pattern English Welsh Scottish etc  We folk from Northern Ireland that is  the Northern Irish  seem to be treated with exception for some unknown reason  A person from Canada suggested that Northern Ireland was a less controversial usage presumably hed prefer the term Northern Irelander  A person from New Zealand suggested that people on IRC do not particularly like the nonstandard term Northern Irish  Personally I cant see that either of these two suggestions ring true and I cant understand why these suggestions have been made  As you probably know Im Northern Irish born and bred  Ive never known the term Northern Irish to be controversial  Several polls taken throughout the last couple of decades usually by the Tele suggest that Northern Irish is a favoured crosscommunity national description  It rivals both Irish and British though I cant remember if it is more popular than either or than both  Anyway Ive given you my thoughts on the matter  As someone from Northern Ireland and a Northern Irish Wikipedian I wonder if youd take a look at the notice board and give your vote if you feel strongly one way or the other  My sole reason for renaming the particular category and hopefully the others is standarisation and correct usage  In all honesty I think that more people who are actually from Northern Ireland should voice their opinions instead of leaving concensus in the hands of people NOT from here who dont necessarily understand or worse  those who think they understand  Anyway if youre interested or have the time please look at both the Northern Irish Wikipedians notice board and the United Kingdom Wikipedians notice board  Cheers