It was added in 1801, following the Union of Great Britain with Ireland in 1801. The newly united country was called the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
Ireland is a separate country to England and has not joined it.
In 1801 a second Act of Union was passed, creating yet another new country, the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.Interesting FactEnglish/British monarchs had been also monarchs of Ireland since Henry Vlll claimed regal sovereignty in 1542.
In 1801, the parliaments of Britain and Ireland merged and their title became 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
The parliaments of England and Scotland were merged in 1707 to form the United Kingdom. When Ireland was included in 1801, it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1922 when the island of Ireland (except for six counties in the northeast of the island) became an independent country again.
The United Kingdom.
Great Britain
Ireland became part of it, in 1801. Ireland then gained independence in 1922, though not all of it left. Most of it did, but Ireland was partitioned, creating what is now called the Republic of Ireland, which is not in the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland, which is in the United Kingdom.
Scotland (1707) and Ireland (1801).
Because Ireland wants to be independent, so there is no reason for it to join another country.
Strictly speaking there was never a union between Scotland and Ireland. When the United Kingdom was formed in 1801 Ireland united with Great Britain which was a union of Scotland and England.
It was added in 1801, following the Union of Great Britain with Ireland in 1801. The newly united country was called the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
It became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801
Ireland is a separate country to England and has not joined it.
In 1801 a second Act of Union was passed, creating yet another new country, the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.Interesting FactEnglish/British monarchs had been also monarchs of Ireland since Henry Vlll claimed regal sovereignty in 1542.
The St Patricks Cross was incorporated into the British Flag in 1801 when the parliaments of Britain and Ireland merged and the country became known as 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801. At that time it was all of Ireland that was part of it. Northern Ireland did not come into existence until 1922. At that time it stayed part of the United Kingdom, while the rest of Ireland became independent.