Good discussion. Hoping to hear from more out there. (ljc? Will ye no enlighten us further? We need yer perspective, in yer truly lovely Ulster Scots language, accompanied by yer Lambeg drum. This is a crosscultural multiparty interdenominational Thread, here. :)

Fionn, thanks; so well-informed & well-stated. Food for serious thought. Demographics include economic status & more; denomination need not be destiny; and long-frozen voting patterns can still thaw. Good stuff.

Red Eye, an all-GB vote might make sense but I gather it's not in the Agreement. Presumably if it had been, there'd BE no Agreement.

Mr McG. of H.: Ohhh, yer a clever one sir! A match for Trimble, sez I. It's not in the Agreement either, but how sweet it is! An all-Ulster vote of 9 counties! So not all 26 of Eire (no need), but just the 3 Catholic Ulster counties ceded to the Free State in the Partition gerrymander---*precisely to preserve a Loyalist majority in the Northern statelet*---would get their referendum votes tallied in with Norn Iron, eh? Tip the balance, by God! de Valera's Revenge! I'm just shure the results would show the Rev. Paisley to be as welcome as the flowers o' May to dear old Donegal! Good one, McGrath. I'm for it. We'll get Trimble to accept a friendly amendment. HAHAHAHAHA. :)