> Or is it just UK, and GB is something else Neither. For anybody curious, Northern Ireland is part of the UK, the Republic of Ireland is not. Great Britain is

> Or is it just UK, and GB is something else Neither. For anybody curious, Northern Ireland is part of the UK, the Republic of Ireland is not. Great Britain is the island consisting of Scotland, Wales and England. The UK consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ireland refers to both the island, and also to the state also known as the Republic of Ireland. The state has been independent from the UK since the 1920s.