Ill stop you there Firstly the Irish governmant never have and never will willingly joined the mess that is the United Kingdom Secondly we reached consensus long ago that he selfidentified as Irish and the country did exist at that time just as Scotland Wales or England are countries today   People like you are the reason that the UK outside the disillusioned US isnt very popular  no offence intended to the democratic and openminded people that live in the UK   I will be busy all this week and most likely unable to add to this arguement so Im trying to get my message across in this post