User blog comment:Deyvid Petteys/United Kingdom Contest: Free Skyrim Xbox/@comment-86.47.78.198-20120728164553/@comment-2219755-20120731142526

@ Sgt. S.S.

The Republic of Ireland refers to the part of Ireland, that's not part of the UK, it's also the name of the football/soccer team that represents them, like how the team that represents Wales is called Wales, same goes for England, Scotland and so on...