Confused?
If so you are not alone and it is extremely doubtful whether the majority of the people living in the British Isles know the differences either.
First think what are the answers to all of the questions below and then look at the answers which follow.
A. Which countries make up Great Britain?
B. Which countries make up the United Kingdom or are they the same?
C. The British Isles are comprised of ?
ANSWERS
A. England, Scotland & Wales
B. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
C. The whole of Great Britain, the whole of Ireland i.e the Republic of Ireland and Northern Island, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands plus about another 5000 small and not so small islands.
Award yourself the 'Clever Clog' medal if you got all 3 questions correct.
But do you know whether the people of Northern Ireland are British?