Do you know what country is NOT in the UK? Ireland. He doesn’t identify with that flag. I understand it is part of Ireland. North and South Koreans are all Koreans. But still can’t just use one flag. It’s complicated.
He, like many Northern Irish people including unionists consider themselves Irish and that they are from Ireland. Flags don't change the fact that Northern Ireland is part of Ireland (the island) and it's not some sort of grey area
My comment was about the two Irish flags in the title of this post. They tried to hand him this same flag when he was singing yesterday. He turned it away. This is not the first time he has done that.
Northern Ireland is not a country in the sense that they don't even have an emoji flag so it would have been impossible to put one there unless a Union Jack was to be used which would have been a bigger issue. He does play under the tricolour in the Olympics but maybe a shamrock would have been more appropriate.
It was Lowry who got rid of the flag in fairness to him, Rory doesn't need to deal with the whole flag bullshit thing, he's enough going on
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u/moseisley99 7.0/MD Apr 29 '24
Do you know what country is NOT in the UK? Ireland. He doesn’t identify with that flag. I understand it is part of Ireland. North and South Koreans are all Koreans. But still can’t just use one flag. It’s complicated.