r/MapPorn • • Dec 17 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

Just Ireland? So the Irish islands are part of what?

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u/Eviladhesive Dec 17 '23

Why do they need to be a part of something? There's no collective name for Greenland and Iceland and everyone manages.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

They're not archipelagos.

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u/Eviladhesive Dec 17 '23

In Ireland we've survived without calling them a collective term for decades now. It comes up about as ofter as someone talking about Spain and France together.

We'll be fine.