Abstract
The British Isles consist today of two states (the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Britain in short; and the Republic of Ireland/Poblacht Na hEireann/Eire), and at least four nations (England, Scotland, Wales/Cymru and Ireland). Claims are made by Cornish nationalists that there is a Cornish nation, and by Manx people that there is a Manx nation. Many inhabitants of Orkney and Shetland deny that they are Scottish: instead, they claim to be Norse (they were ruled by Norway until 1469), and they never spoke Gaelic. The Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland today (the Western Isles, Skye and some parts of the western mainland), despite their language difference with most of Scotland (which is now English-speaking) identify with Scotland in national terms.
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