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.
Politically, the term Great Britain usually extends to include surrounding islands that form part of England, Scotland, and Wales. A single Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the Union of Scotland and England (which already comprised the present-day countries of England and Wales) in 1707.