Home Nations

Home Nations (also Home Countries) is a collective term, used particularly in sports, referring to the four countries of the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In sports where Northern Ireland is governed as part of an All-Ireland team together with the Republic of Ireland, such as under the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the term may include the island of Ireland as a whole, alongside England, Scotland and Wales (which make up Great Britain). The term was originally used when the whole island of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.