Because you know ireland isnt british,they dont own us.
2007-01-11 12:33:51 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Because a lot of us are Americans and we don't know any better. All we know is that Ireland's somewhere in Europe (maybe), and that there's lots of good beer over there. And leprechauns. Sorry.
2007-01-11 12:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by chrisatmudd 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well it's off the coast of Europe so a lot of people assume that it's a British Isle, and I thought, though I might be wrong, that at least 1 part of Ireland was part of the UK, which would make Ireland a British Isle.
2007-01-11 20:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by Ferret 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ireland is one of the islands in the archipelago called the British Isles. The island of Ireland has the countries of Eire and Northern Ireland. Eire is not part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The British Isles is geographical, the United Kingdom is political.
2007-01-11 20:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you are confusing a GEOGRAPHIC designation with a political label.
The island of Formosa is the Republic of China. The island of Ceylon is the nation of Sri Lanka.
The British Isles is a GEOGRAPHIC region. Eurasia is a geographic name for the region encompasing Europe and Asia.
I really don't think the island of Ireland is called one of the British Isles because of some political "conspiricy" to make people think your Republic of Ireland is "owned" by the UK.
2007-01-11 21:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by WhatAmI? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The archipelago of islands off the northwest coast of mainland Europe is geographically known as the British Isles. They have been called this since antiquity, long before the UK or Republic of Ireland existed, and there's nothing you can do about it. Get over it.
2007-01-11 20:41:57 · answer #5 · answered by nectar_pepsi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From 1801 to 1922 the whole island of Ireland formed a constituent part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK).
(From Wikipedia)
2007-01-11 20:40:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dinna get yer titties in a twist!!
Eire IS a "British" Isle - it's just not (almost all of it, anyway) - an "English" Isle!
"The British Isles" is a geographical term - the islands in which can be found England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire.
"British" doesn't = "English".
Sorry, my Hibernian friend - you are 'British' in that sense!!
2007-01-11 21:04:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
cuz no one cares
2007-01-11 21:06:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋