How much do English people know about Irish history?
Greebo, the term British comes from Britain not Britannia(albeit that Britain stems from that Latin/Greek term). The British Isles is not used by Irish people or officially by the Irish government. Nor is it used by the UK government in when in communication with or releasing joint statements with the Irish government. What right does the UK have in deciding the geographic term for these islands. For those answerers, Irish people don’t know their own history, I beg to differ, we are taught our history in primary school quiet well. Also, the Irish secondary school curriculum covers the history of other countries on a European or international scale. Just because Britain is so obsessed with its own insular history doesn’t mean every country is the same.
