I bet you will never get the likes of Ian Paisley, Davy Jones and their ilk to ever claim to be Irish. A few years ago during a television talk show, Gerry Adams challenged a leading Orange politician to admit to being Irish, right there on the TV and he would not. (I think it was Ken Magennis). I lived among them for more than 25 years and I have never met one who will openly admit to being Irish. I mean orangemen not protestants in general.

The Scots may call themselves British but will call themselves Scottish as well, ditto for the Welsh, but this is not the case in the six counties.