I think we need on of those diagrams showing the difference between Europe, the EU, and the euro zone. In the coverage of the euro crisis, it is apparent that some commentators think that at least two of those regions are the same thing.
The Dal Riada would have used neither the name “Northern Ireland” nor the concept.
Wrong.
There was a Kingdom of Ireland - united with that of Great Britain. When the republic of Ireland became independent then it was reduced to the rump of Northern Ireland (or rather then Kingdom of Ireland only comprised the counties of Northern Ireland).
Earliest use of it I know of is the 1967 musical “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”.
Lucy Van Pelt expresses a desire to be a Queen when she grows up, and is informed by her brother that being a Queen is hereditary and therefore not really possible.
“Alright, if I can’t be a Queen then I’ll be very rich. I’ll work and work and be very very rich. And I shall buy myself a Queendom! YES! I’ll buy myself a Queendom, and then I’ll throw out the old Queen, and take over the whole operation myself.”
When the southern part of Ireland became independent, it was as a monarchy called the Irish Free State. It became a republic later.
Then I’m sure you’ll appreciate this video:
The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained
Yeah but certain things he says in that video are kinda incorrect. For example, he says if someone says they’re Irish they’re from the Republic of Ireland. This excludes all those who call themselves Irish in Northern Ireland, and who may well carry an Irish passport (while being British citizens. 
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That diagram doesn’t do much for me. There are too many overlapping sets, there’s no explanation of the abbreviations (I have no idea what “EEA” and “EFTA” are), the colors are too pale to help me distinguish anything.
Totally agree.
Try this one instead. I didn’t post it in the first place as I didn’t expect that many people to be able to identify the flags.
Jeez it’s a mess isn’t it.
Of course one can always marry a king (or crown prince), pop out a kid, then become a widow and rule as regent for a decade or two.
Which is why some of them crossed the water to found the Kingdom of Alba, which eventually became the Kingdom of Scotland.
You could say that the other way around: they may carry a British passport (while being Irish citizens). The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 defines everybody born on the island of Ireland as an Irish citizen. Although post-GFA it seems the Irish government won’t consider a Nordie to be an Irish citizen unless s/he wants to be.
Queens have been around, but females were worthless trash in all royal tradition during European middle ages.
They still are in social conservative political circles.
Good point! Either way the video is inaccurate on that matter.
Also, nobody realizes that ‘British’ and ‘English’ are mutually exclusive categories.
Say what now?
Uh, no. I’m both English and British. I’m not sure it’s even possible to be English without being British!
‘British’ refers to the Britons, who were the Brythonic Celtic peoples who inhabited the isles from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages.
‘English’, contrariwise, refers to the Angles, a Germanic tribe who settled the isles along with the Saxons in the Fifth Century after the collapse of the Western Roman polity during the Migration Period. They eventually established the Heptarchy and gradually displaced the British culture, especially the language. Some groups of Britons resettled on the Continent, specifically in Armorica (Brittany) in France and Britonia in Spanish Galicia, the homes of pre-existing Celtic communities.
Modern confusion on this point is near universal, however.