Because the majority of people in those areas were Protestant Unionists (descendant from English people "planted" there in the 16th century...planted meaning given the lands of Irish Catholics) who really wanted to remain as part of the United Kingdom.
The UK promised to review the situation after partition with the Border Commission, whose judges were supposed to be impartial, but 2 of the 3 judges were actually Unionists and so, of course, decided that the 6 counties should remain part of the North, despite the fact that large areas of them - such as Derry City - were Nationalist and wished to join the Republic.
The UK promised to review the situation after partition with the Border Commission, whose judges were supposed to be impartial, but 2 of the 3 judges were actually Unionists and so, of course, decided that the 6 counties should remain part of the North, despite the fact that large areas of them - such as Derry City - were Nationalist and wished to join the Republic.
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