Here’s the funny thing. I regularly get people asking why we fly the tricolour but not the flag of the 6 counties. Answer: because we fly the flag of Ireland. Hence the “British Isles” formulation.
Yes, we fly the Union flag every day. Despite its complicated history it’s the flag of the UK notwithstanding that my many Welsh friends who rightly decry Wales being subsumed within the England colours.
It's a political term, adopted by the Tudors in the 16th century to promote their territorial claims across the whole archipelago.
As I mentioned above, the government of Ireland doesn't recognise the term 'British Isles' as a description of the whole archipelago inclusive of Ireland.
As I mentioned this is a formula which for when some people moan that in March each year we fly a flag they say is a foreign country’s. “British Isles”was also a handy way to describe the 4 nations tourist team that played Rugby in the southern hemisphere when I was younger.
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The government of Ireland doesn't recognise the term 'British Isles' as a description of the whole archipelago inclusive of Ireland.
As I mentioned above, the government of Ireland doesn't recognise the term 'British Isles' as a description of the whole archipelago inclusive of Ireland.
The team is called the British and Irish Lions.