Re: [OT] Happy Birthday To Oz (was HAPPY NEW YEAR!)

On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:28:53 -0500, Aaron Teske <ateske@HICom.net>
wrote:

>Well, according to the CIA World Factbook
>(http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html, *love* this
>site), "the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was
implemented
>in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great
Britain
>and Ireland".	Though since the name changed to "The United Kingdom of
>Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in 1927...?

*G* Thank you! I thought about that later, on the way home. Any Irish on
the
list, please forgive me. I'm a Scot! *S*

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
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