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 But that British Isles = British equation is precisely the only conclusion to this article. If I live in Derry, I am a Derryman, if I live in Ireland, I am Irish, in Europe, I am European. If people accept the insistence of British nationalists that Ireland is in an entity they are calling the ""British Isles"" the only logical conclusion is that I am ""British"". That's not going to happen. It is illogical to say I am not British if you say I am in the entity you are naming the ""British Isles"". PS I accept the 'Beyond the Pale"" comment with the greatest pride, and would believe my ""Get your grubby hands off my country's name"" attitude to this article is part of the finest historical tradition of all, a tradition from the glens of Wicklow in 1580 to Cath Chéim an Fhia in 1822 to the Bogside in 1969 which I am speechless with pride about. The British will never take my Irishness and impose the shame of their name on me. 86.42.90.145  "