Quote wrencat1873="wrencat1873"You may be right but, does N.Ireland have sufficient levels of manufacturing or other industries that would could sustain the North as an independent state.
Also, to overcome the problems which Brexit will bring, they may wish to be part of The EU and this would raise further interesting questions about their constitution and whether they would want to align themselves to Westminster or Dublin.'"
I there the appetite in the South for a United Ireland? The troubles stretched the resources of the British army, could Dublin deal with the UVF/UFF acting as an IRA in reverse? The loyalist population in the north would never accept a united Ireland without a fight.