Irish Town 6

Interests : Irish history , genealogy, politics

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion I believe I made the point earlier that if a person from another country wishes to use the term British Isles that is a matter for them.

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion I don’t assume everyone should understand English? I thought you had replied to me earlier in English, if not, my apologies.

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion Where it came from and when/who started using the term while interesting doesn’t mean it should continue to be used. The name clearly infers Ireland is British. I would think in French it’s similar. It’s like if I referred to the USA as the colonies or as British North America.

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@antimpi @CochonCeltic @PeurAvion Im reasonably confident neither Diodorus Siculus nor Julius Caesar were Irish.

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@antimpi @RuairiAodh @CochonCeltic @PeurAvion Oh I agree. Yet prolonging it long after it existed might be thought of as being .. unhelpful.

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@antimpi @RuairiAodh @CochonCeltic @PeurAvion I would but he’s currently unavailable I believe..

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion I was told that Lots of people in France apparently refer to my island and the island beside it as The British Isles .. they presumably translate that therefore into French… as they are from France?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@DialecticalKid @PeurAvion I’m not aware anyone from Europe objects to being called European?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion I assumed most wouldn’t understand me?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion Oileáin na hÉireann I would suggest

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion I believe the British call their island Britain. I’m afraid I’m not good at French

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion My native language is Irish.. because I’m Irish..as to why I speak English normally one might wonder why? A browse through Irish history particularly during the Penal times would enlighten many I would suggest?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@DialecticalKid @PeurAvion So after hundreds of years finally getting our independence with most British still referring to my island as being part of their British Isles and I’m the one who’s prejudiced?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion So logically Many people might think a person from Brazil is Portuguese?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion We have many islands also but we don’t call them British because they are Irish

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion I’m not responsible for what the French may or may not refer to my island and the island beside it are called?

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@tbernard1979 @GH813600 @PeurAvion It would be a matter for the British to decide what they wish to call themselves

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@DialecticalKid @Hugh_might @PeurAvion The vast majority of the Irish people didn’t vote for the Act of Union either. They simply didn’t get the opportunity to vote and would not have accepted it.

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@AdF103809178 @PeurAvion Nope.. tried that..

[Irish Town 6 @Irishtown6]

@OulaLintula @PeurAvion Britain and Ireland. Or I don’t mind if it’s referred to as The Celtic Isles.