many sources does not equal facts see wp weight and wp weasel for example there are many references in that table yet few of them refer directly to northern ireland as being a country in its own right none of them say that northern ireland is a contry in and of itself as this articles currently seems to do but rather in the limited sense of what a country can mean with regards to the uk constient parts that is an obscure use of the word we are not here to confuse our readers if nortern ireland is not a country in the usual sense of the word then we should not say it is without qualification rann irt anai nid co r