[paddez]

To your point, even the term British Isles is considered by many to be somewhat politically charged.

So much up to a point that the Irish Government actively discourages its use as a geographic descriptor.

https://web.archive.org/web/20121006211200/http://www.oireac...

[anonymousDan]

I had never heard the term until I moved to the UK. It's certainly not in use in Ireland much.