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 Ch i m 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