British Isles naming dispute often rejected in the Republic of Ireland, because some claim its use implies a primacy of British identity over all the islands outside the United Kingdom, including the Irish state, the Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man and Channel Islands that was historically dominating and is currently inaccurate, since Ireland is neither Britain nor British. Many political bodies, including the Irish government, avoid describing Ireland as being part of the British Isles; Éamon de Valera corrected John Gunther when the journalist used the term during a private meeting in the mid-1930s. However, the term "British Isles" has been used
Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles Taylor published the first comprehensive study of the available evidence, entitled "Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles". In 1994, the archaeologist George Eogan published an academic monograph on the subject, entitled "The Accomplished Art: Gold and Gold-Working in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age", which was brought out through the U.K.-based Oxbow Books. In it, Eogan noted that his study was "not a "corpus" or catalogue" of artefacts, instead being "an evaluation and interpretation of the material in social terms". Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles refers to