Of course, Paddy, this is true, and if popular opinion deigned it, I would be happy to call The locale, The Pretanii Isles.

Briotáin was either one of the Nemedians, or Partholon's crew; I can't remember offhand, but he is said to have given his name to the tribe of The Britons, where I presume the term 'British', originated.

If this is true, then it is a legitimate enough alternative to the present term. However I wouldn't have insisted upon it being an appendix to the GFA.

It is curious though, Paddy, why any person would object to not calling a whole island group after the area's most powerful military power of the time. After all, The Dutch East Indies, and French West Africa have slipped silently out of our vocabulary, and nobody seemed to mind.

Always good to read your posts...

B.