• thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    A lot of it comes down to historical time since Wales was integrated into Great Britain (16th century) versus Ireland (19th century) and Scotland (18th century). As a result, Scotland and Ireland are significantly less integrated with England than Wales. England pursued a very explicit policy of stamping out Welsh language and culture, and while they did the same in Ireland and to a lesser extent Scotland they had less time to do it. Both are larger than Wales in terms of population and both are further away from London.