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Originally Posted by Sektor
I think that term,you are all looking for,is "constitutive nation"...Brits are a constitutive nation in Ulster...and they are neither national minority nor ethnic minority,nor minority at all,but a majority!
Kosovo & Metohia is a different case,since Albanians aren't constitutive nation,and they are national minority,already having their national state - Albania!
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'Consituitive nation' is a new one to me. But what you say is correct. Irish Catholics in Ulster, as Gaelic Irish, are a national minority in Northern Ireland. Ulster Protestants constitute an entirely different national-ethnic entity and there form the majority. What Irish Nationalists and their supporters do is try to cast doubt on the legitimacy of Northern Ireland as a state and a division of the UK. But this is futile as legally and constitutionally Northern Ireland is a fact. And it is officially recognised as such by every country that formally recognises the United Kingdom and maintains diplomatic relations with her, including the Republic of Ireland.