The online chatter also prompted Games Workshop to put a statement about the row on its Facebook page, in which it said it had "no choice" but to act in cases where its trademarks in a commercially available product were being used withoutitsconsent.
Two of its central historical planks were bolted into the Good Friday agreement: the principle that Ulster cannot be forced into a united Ireland without the consent of the majority of its people, and the renunciation of Ireland's constitutional claim to the north.
Proponents of this treaty, aware that today's Senate is likely to support the agreement in higher numbers without our participation, are urging the Senate to give its advice and consent in the coming weeks.