In all my decades of spacing out staring at atlases, I’ve never noticed this. The Aussies named it at the start of WW1
In all my decades of spacing out staring at atlases, I’ve never noticed this. The Aussies named it at the start of WW1
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theres also [East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_New_Britain) and [West New britain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_New_Britain)
How many counties has she?
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Don’t want Ireland to have any other regions named after it for colonial reasons tbh
Normally (because of the whole colonial aspect) this would leave a bit of a bad taste in the mouth, but the people there were cannibals. They ate the colonisers. They’re our kind of people.
I think we should formally petition that its turned back to the indigenous name and then do some kind of charity drop or make the go to destination for Irish people to (peacefully, non exploititavely) holiday.
I’m kind of surprised the national government hasn’t renamed it something indigenous.
Also, has anyplace twinned with them?
Probably nicer weather than Old Ireland!
Where did you think the New IRA came from?
There’s also a couple of these in America too
Hmm, I hate imperialism, but goddamn this is beautiful
I think it’s time we get a piece of the colonial pie
Yes, but next door to ‘New Britain’ – which ‘of course’ had to be a bigger Island
In a game of _Europa Universalis IV_ I colonized Australia as Ireland and named it New Ireland.
‘nother bit o’fun for ya
New Zealand’s South island used to be called new Munster and the North island was called new Ulster.
There is also a new Britain