I was talking this subject over with an Englishman last night, and he said that techinically Northern Ireland was part of Britain, but that it was a touchy subject.

It's The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

So, the The Great Britain=England, Scotland, Wales.....
then they through in the Northern Ireland because it is a separate entity, yes?

I don't mean to be patronising, but:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...s/britain.html

No worries, this confirmed my surmisation.