Why do you call us Irish when we belong to a british nation?

Question

I'm from N.Ireland and proud to be British even though I don't agree with the Labour Party

Answer 1

I salute you.

I'm British (Technically English, but I'm British). We all are. I dislike it when people say "I'm not British, I'm English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh." I'm friends with people from all over the UK, I work with them too. I consider myself British. I see you as British too.

The Nation need more patriots like us.

Rule Britannia!

Answer 2

So you want to associate yourself politically with scumbags like Ian Paisley?
Westminster never played fair when it came to the partitioning of the North and South. It was a bloody divorce and Catholics were the casualties. Instead of whining on about the IRA, you should be looking at the other side and criticising the RUC and the Loyalist terrorists for the murders they commited over the past 35 years.

Answer 3

they are all ethnicity's, otherwise in software varieties we does no longer ought to positioned what coloration we are and all that. BRITAIN is a nationality, the others are not. this is all confusing, 3 international locations in a united states lol. My mums Irish and she is lived in England all her life. My dad is English. I in basic terms say i'm white British below nationality and below ethnicity I say English. Ethnicity is basically your cultural history (so that you'll't be asian and English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish) and nationality is what united states you stay in legally (you would possibly want to be ANY of those nationally). it is confusing lol

Answer 4

Strictly Northern Ireland is part of the UK, not Great Britain, though I think referring to you as a Brit is fair. Most Americans don't know the difference.
Glad to hear someone from Ulster, you might get through to the Republicans who think their ancestry lies on your island.
I'm English and can't stand New Labour.

Answer 5

Most people from the British Isles identify themselves according to the island of their birth and/or ancestry. Most people from Ireland that I know are proud to identify themselves as Irish; proud of their history, culture, and homeland. It gives them a special identity. For this same reason, although I am a citizen of the United States and, therefore, am an American, I was born and raised in Kansas, so I refer to myself as a Kansan. Regardless of the country one is governed by, most people maintain their place of birth identity.

When others refer to you as Irish, they are simply respecting your unique identity as an inhabitant of Ireland, one of the British Isles.

Answer 6

When I was in the military and overseas, the British often called me a yank when I am a Texan. I suggest that you shrug off these names and move on. You can waste a lot of energy trying to educate those whom call you Irish. For both of us, one assumes we could be called a number of names less kindly.

Answer 7

If you were born in Wales,it wouldn't matter if it was North,South,East or West,you would still be Welsh.Ergo,if you were born on the island of Ireland,you''re Irish.Your allegiance is to the British Crown,& that is your choice,but you are still Irish.

Answer 8

I'm from N. Ireland and am Irish. I have an Irish passport! My identity is Irish. I do not identify with Scotland, Wales or England. Indeed why should I? After all in London in the 60's many hotels and guest houses hung up signs saying "No Blacks, No Dogs,No Irish". Why would I identify myself with that sort of thing?

Answer 9

you still live on the Island called Ireland Right?...the Division with the republic is a political one, you may consider yourself British (political) but you are also Irish (geographical)

Answer 10

Without wanting to reopen centuries old wounds..
If you want to call yourself British, do so and be proud. Similarly many from Northern Ireland should be proud to call themselves Irish.
As long as it can be done without the pain and violence that has dogged this region for so long.