Talk:Act of Union 1800

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Why is there a link at the end of the article named "poopy butthole"? That seems to be off-topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.236.12.25 (talk) 02:03, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Comment by TD

I edited the section that was marked with an NPOV. Is it still unsatisfactory? --TD 12:51, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Acts of Parliament are dated according to the date they gained Royal Assent not their affectivve dates (for example, the Government of Ireland Act 1920 did not come into effect until 1921. The article has already renamed to "Act of Union 1800" from alternative versions.--Andrew L 22:03, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

"The final passage of the Act in the Irish Parliament was achieved with substantial majorities, and was marked by mass bribery of Irish MPs by the British government"

The above quote from this article seems to me to be somewhat POV. Does anyone have a source for this? JiMternet 16:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

 http://www.lawlibrary.ie/viewdoc.asp?m=a&fn=/documents/aboutus/history/act_of_union.htm
 http://www.actofunion.ac.uk/actofunion.htm


In relation to the comment about 'mass bribery of Irish MPs', one source is Robert Kee's The Green Flag Vol. 1. In the 1989 Penguin edition I have to hand there is a quotation on page 158, which reads:

'This trade in inducements to vote was certainly a two-way one, and was conducted by the opposition just as vigorously as by the [Irish] government, though clearly the same resources were not available to them'

[edit] Signing Location

Is it not appropriate to mention the location where the Act was signed, namely Derrymore House, Bessbrook, Northern Ireland? And would it not also be appropriate to include a photograph of the building and location in question? I can edit and include these components if deemed necessary. Thanks,c-bro 17:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)c-bro


Absolutely. Feel free to put in that sort of information. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 17:48, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "exhaulted"?

Can someone explain what the sentence "The Act was exhaulted by both the British and Irish parliaments" means? --Jfruh (talk) 00:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Most likely the author meant 'exalted', it's a mistake I see all too often. PGingell 14:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I have to admit that I don't even know what "exalted" would mean in this context. Is it some kind of technical term for the passage of a law? --Jfruh (talk) 15:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Royal assent

I've temporarily removed the following from the text:

The act received the royal assent on 1 August 1800.

Without specifying whether this the date of the British or the Irish Act, it's not really very useful information. Silverhelm 17:08, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Date of formation of the United Kingdom?

After much debate, the editors of the United Kingdom article seem to have settled on 1707 as being the foundation of the state (I note with concern though that this date lacks any external referencing, per official Wikipedia policy WP:VERIFY).

But this article - List of countries by formation dates - claims that the UK was actually founded in 1603 (again, completely unreferenced). Both articles cannot be correct, so which is it? Please come to the party armed with some proper external refs, because I am not sure if we can stomach yet another verbally diarrhetic Talk page splurge with largely consists of ad hominem attacks and statements of totally unsourced opinion. --Mais oui! (talk) 23:37, 26 February 2008 (UTC)