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Old 12-05-2010, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker;28012from
what I can see, Ireland was a member of the Commonwealth up until April 1949.
Which is why I said over half a decade.

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Originally Posted by Legbreaker;28012from
There appears to be a few exceptions and so forth regarding this status though with Ireland still being able to participate in the Commonwealth Games and it's citizens born prior to 1949 able to claim British citizenship. There's a few other things as well that differentiate Ireland from every other non-commonwealth country and there appears to be a move towards Ireland rejoining the Commonwealth.
Those exceptions aren't explicit to only Ireland. A few other states have had the same inclusions but it doesn't make them members or half members or anything like that.
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