The Irish still don’t consider themselves to be British? After all this time. I know many Brits don’t even consider themselves to be “a part of Europe”, a fact most Americans find baffling. I believe they are largely surrounded by mountain ranges and bodies of water, thus the separation.
No, the Irish consider themselves to be Irish.
Ireland is not part of Britain. It's not even part of the United Kingdom, except for Northern Ireland. Ireland is an independent nation.
They've never considered themselves British. The Republic Of Ireland is an independent nation. There's a bit of historical bad blood that you might consider studying.
After all this time. I know many Brits don’t even consider themselves to be “a part of Europe”, a fact most Americans find baffling
That's because the British Isles are islands separated from Europe, that have never been considered part of the European "Continent." They're a distinct people set apart on a distinct group of islands, just as Ireland is as well. Most Americans who find this baffling have a poor grasp of both history and geography.
I believe they are largely surrounded by mountain ranges and bodies of water, thus the separation.
They, whom? The British? They're on an island, thus the separation. Or, do you mean the Irish? They're on an island, thus the separation.
How old are you? I can't believe you made it through even an American public high school unless it was fairly recent, with such a strange muddle of confusion over two countries that played such a large role in our own history in the United States.
There's no "consider." They aren't British. They aren't subjects governed by the Crown. They are Irish.
The only Irish (who didn't immigrate to Scotland or England) who consider themselves British are some of the folks in a few counties in Ulster known as Northern Ireland, which is part of Britain for now.
“The Irish still don’t consider themselves to be British?”
Yet they inhabit one of the British Isles.
“I know many Brits don’t even consider themselves to be “a part of Europe”, a fact most Americans find baffling.”
And many do. Why else would they be in the EU?
The Irish were literally burned out of their homes and farms. British families were installed in their landholdings as they were driven out.
Some still hold that against the Brits.