Ulster is one of the 4 provinces of Ireland. It has 9 counties 3 in the RoI and 6 are NI. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The RoI has historically laid claim to NI however we have never had the wherewithall either militarily or economically to do anything about it. Also 1,000,000 Protestants might have diluted the very Catholicness of our little nation and probably wouldn’t have voted for any of the existing southern political parties in any elections. Our lovely Irish politicians may be dodgy but they ain’t stupid. But that claim stayed in the constitution as a face saver of Republican credentials. Consequently all the people of Ireland are entitled to Irish Passports and can go for President.
Martin McGuinness won’t be my choice – I think if John Hume threw his hat in the ring he’d walk away with it. We’d be very honoured to have him.
…And of course just to ruffle a few feathers, both Britain and Ireland are still, geographically, the British Isles.