Hertz website stuck in 1922

adouglasmhor

jammin wrote: »

Hi Pretani,

I know what you mean, it can be a little confusing all right..

It is incorrect to refer to Ireland as the "Irish Republic", since this was the name used from 21st January 1919 to 6th December 1922, for the entire island, as proclaimed in the Easter Rising on 24th April 1916 by the republican leaders.

It is incorrect to refer to Ireland as "Southern Ireland", since this was the name for Ireland as a constituent country of the United Kingdom (much like Northern Ireland today), as it was between 3th May 1921 and 6th December 1922.

It is incorrect to refer to Ireland as the "Irish Free State", since this was the name used following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, from 6th December 1922 and until the Constitution of Ireland on 29th December 1937.

It is incorrect to refer to Ireland as the "Republic of Ireland", since this is the description of the State and not the name.

The Constitution of Ireland states the following:

• The name of the State in English is Ireland
• The name of the State in Irish is Éire

Thus, when speaking English, the only correct term is "Ireland". When speaking Irish the only correct term is "Éire".

It is incorrect, when speaking English, to refer to Ireland as Éire, just as it is incorrect, when speaking English, to refer to Germany as Deutschland.

I used to send things to my GF's family with the address written in Gaelic,

An PÁDRAIG MÍCHEÁL Ó’CAOMHÁNACH
20 PARC HAWLEY
TRÁ LI
CIARRAÍ
ÉIRE

IRL

Got there just the same, IRL is the international postal country indicator for the Republic, Northern Ireland has NIR. Her mum and dad are sadly both dead now.

ballyblack

Northern Ireland has NIR.

Where did you get that information from?



United Kingdom Postal Codes/Zip Codes
Conventional short name: United KingdoM, Britain, UK
Conventional long name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: Western Europe, the islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France
Capital: London
Language: English
Time Zone:
Standard Time: GMT (UTC+0)
Daylight Savings Time: BST (UTC+1)
Currency: Pound sterling (£) (GBP)

adouglasmhor

Royal Mail international post section, why? It's really used for ID'ing mailsacks rather than letters though.

It's an international postal country indicator not a postcode though, Is NI a country? Scotland is, England is and so is Wales so I always assumed NI is as well. If it is a country why should it not have an indicator.

adouglasmhor

They seem to be used here as well, so not unique to postage.

http://www.education.ie/admin/servlet/blobservlet/des_educ_trends_intro.htm

http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/codes/codes1.html This adds counties I never knew about this!

jammin_2

It looks like they've now changed the homepage anyway..
http://www.hertz.ie

adouglasmhor

Still the same to me, even after I cleared the cache. Just a thought, does this page market to Americans, in which case just be thankful they haven't used illustrations from Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

Pretani

That was a good film. Now I've got that "Oh, she's my dear, my darling one, Her eyes so sparkling full of fun ♪♫♫♪♪ " song in me head, thanks Dougie:mad:

Money_Grabber13579

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Northern Ireland has NIR.

You're quite right, it has. But it stands for Northern Ireland Railways!

We don't actually have an official country identifier though, neither does England, Scotland or Wales. GB is the only official one for the UK.

rjh090384

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh darby o gill scared the bejesus outta me when i was young and still does quick delete it!

adouglasmhor

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

You're quite right, it has. But it stands for Northern Ireland Railways!

We don't actually have an official country identifier though, neither does England, Scotland or Wales. GB is the only official one for the UK.

Really so the links in my posts are wrong then, better get on to them straight away before someone gets hurt :rolleyes:

Edited to add it makes more sense if read what else I posted, they are actualy country indicators for the bags being airfreghted rather than individual mail, but Royal Mail sorters tend to know them anyway so I use it as belt and braces.