This is a 10/10 chippy tea, change my mind

Well, I did mention culture, because that has more merit to it in regards to defining the Irish people than their geography. We’ll have to agree to disagree, because both of us are arguing in circles and I’m sure you’ve got better things to do. Here’s what an Irishman has to say in response to your comment: “Simple, I was born in the Republic of Ireland and live in Dublin and I am not entitled to a British passport. I did not get a vote in the Brexit referendum and I will not be leaving the EU if or when Britain exits. The British army is not the army of my country. The BBC is not an official broadcaster in the Republic of Ireland and the British government does not represent me. Nothing is ever simple and the concept of “Britain” and “British” is about the most complex you can come upon. The UK used to be known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and is now know as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However using the term “Great Britain” can refer to the island of Great Britain just as the use of the term Ireland refers to that second big island, Ireland. The real issue is that the terms Britain and British and United Kingdom are interchanged incorrectly as one can refer to a geographical location, the British isles, which includes the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Skye, the Isle of Wight etc… whereas the United Kingdom refers to a political grouping. Interestingly enough the status of the Isle of Man as British but not in the United Kingdom is aslo an interesting debate. It is acceptable for people to be called Welsh or Scottish or English and British as well. It is acceptable to call people Irish and British if they live in Northern Ireland as it is part of the UK. But south of the border, in the Republic of Ireland, it is not normally acceptable to call people British unless they claim British ancestry. Or course I am ignoring genetics and peoples and tribes migrations as this open another whole can of worms. Suffice it to say I, and most people living in the Republic of Ireland, do not identify with being British and would normally find the term insulting.”