Why don't the Irish try to rejoin the United Kingdom?

As an Irishman, begrudgingly I have to accept in part what you are saying, Independence is as a relative thing for the Irish as it is for the British, due to the EU and other factors. I think the way the British misruled before Independence is a factor in all of it, yet if you were to poll the Irish to see if they would rejoin a commonwealth, you might be surprised by the result.

I think the big tragedy for Ireland was that it was partitioned into illegitimate states by the English who usually seen the Irish in an Occidenalist way. They cared more about India than Ireland. Some kind of Federal Union with the UK, perhaps, better trade links etc, why not. Rejoin? I think that has long past.

Europe was a mess back then. Everyone thinks that the only places that were colonized were outside Europe but that simply isn't true. Ireland is one of those countries in Europe which were invaded and overtaken by force. There are many others.

Now the Europeans are all joining together not by force but the right way by trade and the free exchange of ideas.

Cos of the hundreds of years of conflict plus Ireland is a Catholic country that uses the Euro ,they have more in common with France, would the USA and Mexico ever do the same ??

Because the rest of the UK wouldn't want to be united with Ireland.

I can't believe that people think that Braveheart and William Wallace was about the Irish.

Because like myself and many thousand patriots we don't like subsidising a whole bunch of scrounges and their hangers on that are called the royal joke, after next year when Scotland get their independence the jack fleg will be no more, Wales and Ireland have never been on the uk fleg. Wales will be next for independence .God save Ireland Wales and Scotland

Because we're Irish? Not United Kingdomers....

Maybe their too busy drinkin guiness, or maybe they dont feel like the UK respects their heritage even though in some cases their background overlaps each other. I only saw Braveheart two times though 8/

Maybe some day they will want to be part of the UK. I doubt that the Uk would want the Island and its debt.

I have news for you. the rest of the UK don't want Erie back. The irish made their bed now they can lay in it.

Ireland has a lot of mineral resources... in the long term they'll be richer without the UK.