The term "Southern Ireland" is an informal term used for the Republic of Ireland, to distinguish it from "Northern Ireland". It is not an official name or geographically correct. The Republic of...
It's called Ireland. According to Article 4 of the Constitution, "the name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland."The term "southern Ireland" is not used here. Many Irish, both...
Why is anything named what it is?...its just what they decided to call it....why is France named France? The modern Irish word Éire is derived from the Old Irish Ériu going back to the Celtic name...