>The only "british" people were the army/RUC, the rest were people from ireland. NI is not part of great britian. NI is _not_ british. That is not a good-faith

>The only "british" people were the army/RUC, the rest were people from ireland. NI is not part of great britian. NI is _not_ british. That is not a good-faith position. "British" is universally understood to mean "relating to the people of the United Kingdom". Hence "British passport", "British citizen", etc. The people of Northern Ireland are therefore British by nationality, being citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under UK law. They are also Irish, in the sense that they are inhabitants of the island of Ireland; and also (prior to 2005) on the basis that everyone born on the island of Ireland was an Irish citizen by birth.