'A Brief History of Northern Ireland'

'For centuries blue Ireland has been a field ridden by struggle and conflict. The reasons behind this be many, further the of import problems were politics, religion and discrimination. much(prenominal) problems conduct to stilt of uprisings and revolts. Children grew up in an era where they were taught to shun their neighbors, to fear for their lives and to excite for what they believe in. \nIt alone started in 1169 when England invaded Ireland. unless for the Brits to find a population who wouldnt go down without a fighting. There was a huge religious conflict amongst the Protestants and Catholics. The Protestants were almostly British and the Catholics were Irish. The Protestants that were moved from England and Scotland into Ireland were disposed the best split of the land, and because of that the political strife also became a religious one. The most known meshing between the Protestants and Catholics is the action of the battle of Boyne. The battle took lo calize in 1690 by the River Boyne and was a disaster for the Catholics. The Catholics were led by superpower James II of Scotland, who had to give in to the British King, William collar of Orange. Thats why approximately Protestants in northerly Ireland call themselves Orangemen. later on the Battle of the Boyne most of the obliging rights were taken outside from the Catholics. No Catholic could be voted or be pick out for Parliament, they could not link the army or the navy, nor work in any courtly office, they were not allowed to rush weapons, they could not meditate at the university, no Catholic teachers were allowed in Irish schools and no Catholic priests were allowed in the Irish churches. The fight then became a fight not only most the politics and religion, and over sanctioned civil rights as well. \nIreland is now divided up into 2 parts, barely the country was not divided into 2 parts until 1921. 26 counties in the confederation became the Irish uninvolve d State, which was still secure to Great Britain, but it had a reliable freedom to linguistic rule itself. More than 90% of the po...'