Talk:Ireland
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This page needs a lot of work. I'll see what I can do about beating it into a decent shape and making it fit with the rest of the site. Kgaughan 09:11, 24 Aug 2005 (PDT)
- Two questions
- Is the ríúl a unit of account? E.g., could one refer to a price of 6d as "1 ríúl", or a price of 1/6 as "three ríúile"?
- Yes. In fact, it's imprinted on the coins.
- But is it actually used? US dimes say "One Dime", but no one ever uses dime as a unit, for example Nik 12:32, 25 Aug 2005 (PDT)
- It is in the AÉ, particularly outside of Laighean. For instance, the half-crown coin is referred to as cúig ríúile. The ríúl is used for counting when not dealing with round number of Soilt. Kgaughan 14:13, 25 Aug 2005 (PDT)
- But is it actually used? US dimes say "One Dime", but no one ever uses dime as a unit, for example Nik 12:32, 25 Aug 2005 (PDT)
- Yes. In fact, it's imprinted on the coins.
- What is the origin of the flag? Nik 21:54, 24 Aug 2005 (PDT)
- Is the ríúl a unit of account? E.g., could one refer to a price of 6d as "1 ríúl", or a price of 1/6 as "three ríúile"?
Provinces and Territories
How much power do they have? Nik 12:27, 6 Sep 2005 (PDT)
- Interesting question! Mind you, provinces have no powers as they're simply the historical divisions of the country. The powers the territories have I haven't decided. The AÉ started as a regular centralised state, but since federalisation it's been bit-by-bit devolving power wherever it's made sense to. The origins of AÉ federalism lie in the latter half of the civil war where the Kemrese population in Laighean attempted to take advantage of the situation to secede from the country. --Kgaughan 14:32, 9 Sep 2005 (PDT)
- they could simply be administrative divisions with apointed civil servants taking care of the application of government policies within them.--Marc Pasquin 18:18, 9 Sep 2005 (PDT)
- Nope, that wouldn't work. Before federalisation, that's quite similar to what the situation is here, with each area controlled by county councils. The civil war was only resolved when the government agreed to devolve power to Laighean to give it a greater degree of autonomy. The other territories were similarly devolved powers. --Kgaughan 11:40, 11 Sep 2005 (PDT)
- they could simply be administrative divisions with apointed civil servants taking care of the application of government policies within them.--Marc Pasquin 18:18, 9 Sep 2005 (PDT)
