Eire

[dickythorpe]

Is it a faux pas to use this when referring to the Republic of Ireland?

 

[Cooperman]

I consider it an error.

 

[dickythorpe]

I stumbled across a Peter Shilton interview and many were annoyed with him for using the term.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

It’s the Gaelic word for Ireland. No idea if it’s considered offensive or not.

 

[Darran]

It’s the garlic word for Ireland. No idea if it’s comaoder d offensive or not.

What a f*cking bulb.

 

[Longlostjack]

While we’re at it, it’s the England and Wales cricket team not the fecking England team.

 

[dickythorpe]

It’s the garlic word for Ireland. No idea if it’s considered offensive or not.

I often wondered why there are no vampires in the southern parts of Ireland