1 Religion is a major difference: most Scots are Presbyterians; most Irish are Catholics. 2  The Catholic minority in Scotland is largely Irish in origin. 3  The Presbyterians of Northern Ireland are mostly Scottish in origin. The Catholic minority in Scotland is largely Irish in origin. 2  The Presbyterians of Northern Ireland are mostly Scottish in origin. 3  The reason there are so many Presbyterians in Scotland is because of the 1707 act of Union,The Cromwell Invasion, and forced conversion of Scottish Catholics by the covenanters.
Great Britain, also known as Britain /ËbrÉª.tÉn/ , is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km 2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest island in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world.he term Britain, as opposed to Great Britain, has been used to mean the United Kingdom formally, for example in official government yearbooks between 1975 and 2001. Since 2002, however, the yearbooks have only used the term United Kingdom.
This implies that England is a part of Great Britain, which is also part of the United Kingdom. One thing of importance to note here is, that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not countries, but regions that make up the country called the United Kingdom.orthern Ireland makes up the final component of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1920, and it is not part of the Republic of Ireland. It is located on a different island from the rest of the regions of the United Kingdom, occupying the island west of Great Britain with Ireland.