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Ireland

Why Ireland was partitioned

The people of Ireland were and still are mainly catholic whereas the north is mainly protestant

The catholic wanted independance and to broke out of the influence of the UK

In january 21 1919 the Irish war of independace started, the war ended in july 11 1921.

Differences between the two parts of Ireland.

Northern Ireland

The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast, the political regime is a constitutional monarchy

Northern Ireland is part of the UK. The main religion is protestantism.

Republic of Ireland

The capital of Ireland is Dublin, the main religion is catholicism.

Ireland is a parliamentary, representative republic.

The Troubles

It was an ethno-nationalist conflict that happened in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years.It opposed the catholic to the protestant.

Since in Northern Ireland the catholic were neglected, while the protestant were favored and were helped by the government, the catholic wanted equal right, but there were also the fact that replubicans wanted Northern Ireland to be in the Republic of Ireland while the loyalist wanted to remain in the UK

The conflict started in the late 1960s, this conflict lasted about 30 years, ending in 1998 with the Good Friday of Agreement.

Bloody Sunday, Bloody Friday