Talk:Ireland

Should the Great Famine be mentioned in the intro?

I think it should, in between all the other historical events. 96.89.123.89 (talk) 19:37, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

I agree, and I've been bold and added a sentence. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 21:30, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Yeah absolutely. It had a massive impact on the island and its populace and the downstream consequences of the depopulation from it directly and indirectly are still being felt today. Canterbury Tail talk 21:53, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Good point! SeoR (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

it wasn't a famine it was starvation by the British ~2026-22084-93 (talk) 13:03, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a repository of silly nationalist sloganeering. ~2026-43021-14 (talk) 20:07, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

There is no such place as the "british' isles"

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There is no such place called the "british' isles". Ireland has asked the world many years ago to stop using the term as it is highly offensive to Irish people, especially after 800 years of violent british oppression against the Irish in Ireland. Ireland fought for its freedom for a reason, not to be called 'british'. Respect that. Neither Ireland or the UK recognises that term and so therefore should not be used. Learn to be respectful of other people's wishes. It's shows intelligence and humanity. Thank you. 163.61.150.78 (talk) 10:38, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Good job then that the phrase "british' isles" doesn't even occur in the wiki page. Bibby (talk) 14:58, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

"Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles"

Opening paragraph 2A02:6B6F:E415:4C00:4026:9E38:FB88:43ED (talk) 21:00, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

(sigh) It is very well documented that there is a group of islands off the coast of northwest Europe that includes two large islands and several smaller islands around them. The largest of those islands is known as Great Britain and the second largest is known as Ireland. Together, with all the smaller islands around them, the most common name for that group of islands, whether you like it or not, is the British Isles. If you want to discuss that further, the place to do so is Talk:British Isles/name debate, but unless you have some actual evidence for your assertion that there's "no such place", don't expect a lot of traction. WaggersTALK 10:51, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Sigh. Not all islands geographically off the NW coast of the continent are included. Because its a contrived, anachronistic political term. And Ireland isn't British. Unless you think the British issue and receive EU passports. ~2026-16821-10 (talk) 12:24, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Glad you agree, the ability to spell correctly is important ;-) Bibby (talk) 11:38, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Ireland is not part of the British isles nor is it relevant

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Neither ireland nor Britain who occupy part of ireland recognise the term british isles. ~2026-28900-23 (talk) 17:49, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

"Auld Sod" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Climate data for month of May needs updating

30.9C is the highest temperature for May as of this year, I would change it myself but it seems the page is locked. For some reason. ~2026-42905-58 (talk) 17:32, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 17:55, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0603/1576603-may-weather/ --Scolaire (talk) 18:33, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Source provided. While at it can you please change April record too. Its 25.9C now. https://www.met.ie/climate-statement-for-april-2025 ~2026-42931-51 (talk) 22:13, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Can someone update this please? ~2026-43722-78 (talk) 22:01, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Update climate data please!

New record for April is 25.9 from 2025. https://www.independent.ie/weather/april-was-third-hottest-since-1900-with-all-time-high-of-25.9c-recorded-this-week-met-eireann/a/132274171.html

New record for May is 30.9 as of this year. https://www.met.ie/climate-statement-for-may-2026 ~2026-44655-65 (talk) 16:13, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

I was happy to supply a source, but I'm not sure what's the best way to do it. At the moment, all 24 items are referenced by just two sources, from 10 years ago. To change individual numbers would require either adding "Source 3: ", "Source 4: " etc. underneath the table, or adding a ref against each figure. I seem to remember Bastun has some expertise on tables. Perhaps he could advise? Scolaire (talk) 11:23, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

I absolutely don't! I copy what's already there, or steal whole tables and change the contents! :-) Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:54, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Any idea who else we could ping? Scolaire (talk) 17:33, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

I'm going to go outside the normal Ireland related users and @CambridgeBayWeather:. We cross paths frequently and they have a lot of experience with weatherboxes. Canterbury Tail talk 17:45, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps also @Smirkybec:? Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 18:22, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Fixed it the same way as I've been doing with Canadian ones. Unfortunately someone had added an August high but without a source. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqatigijaa (talk), Huliva 03:34, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @CambridgeBayWeather:! Canterbury Tail talk 12:42, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Welcome CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqatigijaa (talk), Huliva 03:06, 22 August 2026 (UTC)