Irish Are Not Considered Foreign in the UK

[Ruggery]

But it's essentially the fact that the Irish (99%) speak English natively that makes them non-foreign, as opposed to continentals, not looks. In the 17th century you better believe the Irish were foreign to the English, more so than Protestant continental Germanics like the Dutch.

In fact, there is more difference between the English and the Dutch, even though they are both Germanic and Protestants, than between the English and the Irish.

[Creoda]

In fact, there is more difference between the English and the Dutch, even though they are both Germanic and Protestants, than between the English and the Irish.

I said in the 17th century nitwit, when English and Irish spoke different languages, and when England and the Netherlands were still majority Protestant.