"These are all "Ireland" not "Northern Ireland" teams"

Nutshells seem to be the order of the day, this evening.

... even during the Armed Struggle, they still were All-Ireland teams.
........ And let's not forget the Sunday escapades 'Down South' to get the chape buttir at Jonesboro', and the few pints before the Dundalk United home games....

Give my head pace, will ya?

When all the inconsistencies are counted up, and the emotional attachment to the situation taken out of the equation, any reasonable person would be understandably confused.

No wonder people '.... don't understand the situation over there'