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So that was one critical respect in which partition did not go the way the British had meant it to.
Meets the BBL 2013 Essentials of Evangelical Theology requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Chooses two events from the last 400 years, which are particularly important in the shaping the
views of: a. A battle broke out between Catholic and Protestant youths. This was the last real Irish
resistance to English rule occurred with the defeat of James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1692).
Some of these issues are religious issues, for example during the Reformation of the 16 th century
Britain became Protestant while Ireland remained Catholic. This shows even the biggest companies
were anti-Catholic. He kicks with the wrong foot.” Now although this shows clear discrimination
against Catholics in sports: Protestant Linfield scouts would find a problem with any player no
matter how good they were on the basis that they were catholic. In Derry the army shoots dead two
unarmed rioters. Students learn the historical development of the conflict in Northern Ireland,
interact with people involved in the conflict, and apply their knowledge of the conflict and
reconciliation process in Northern Ireland to conflict transformation in a global context. Catholic
areas started to develop as more Catholics starting working there. Mary Robinson, who sympathised
with the Catholics, and who was elected in 1990, contributed to the success of the agreement.
Protestants, because of this, accepted the agreement, hoping for peace and no more onslaught from
paramilitary groups, as they were getting stamped out if they continued to use such methods.
Undoubtedly the losses on the Western Front were another factor. This is a picture of The Royal
Ulster Constabulary Protestant Police in Northern Ireland. A politically and socially violent
landscape has been an undeniable and unavoidable presence in Northern Ireland for quite some time,
and continues to be so. The first minister is David Trimble, his deputy is SDLP. There is a little stone
room with a door that is probably the. It resulted in a resentful Catholic minority within Northern
Ireland. A civil war resulted as angry catholic nationalists fought against the British army in their
quest for freedom for all 32 countries as elections in the form of referendum were promised
throughout the 32 countries but were never held. In fact in 1688 King William III who became the
next King and was Protestant fought with James II. This was a major contributing factor to the Civil
Rights movement in the 1960’s. When looking at the sources I found that they were all bias as they
were either drawn or taken by one or the other religion. Protestants will vote for the Ulster unionist
party or the democratic unionist party, where as Catholics will vote for Sinn Fein or the SDLP. Not
surprisingly, the two groups in Northern Ireland are wary of each other and often live in separate
communities where their children attend separate schools. Also the Minister for Home Affairs,
Richard Dawson Bates, refused to use his own telephone until a Catholic telephone operator in his
department had been transferred to another post. Medical records have been held in Britain even
until today. The origin of the conflict began when Henry the eighth made a break from the Catholic
Church in 1534. Also this slogan implies to the Catholics that the Protestants will never back down.
Northern Ireland has caused lots of division’s not just the two religions.
In the 1930s, the worldwide economic depression hit Northern Ireland really hard. The parade is a
formal occasion, with mainly male Protestants. Really, it was the Protestants in England that held the
power as they made the penal laws. In 1690 the Battle of Boyne took place in which William the 3
rd beat James the 2 nd it was a great time in protestant history and in many protestant
neighbourhoods you are bound to find a mural of it painted on a wall. 1916 was the year in which
the Easter Rising took place. The Protestants became known as Unionists, meaning they wanted to
retain ties with Britain. They knew that it included members from extremist Republican parties e.g.
The IRA, and other Northern Irish Parties. They believe it was a part of a piecemeal process made
for public opinion to go against them and possibly be made for some to be put on trial. Source D tells
the reader about how the vice principle of St Patrick’s Academy, Mother Benignus felt towards the
English and protestants, as well as how she gave her opinion to the students of her school. It may be
that the Protestants were simply more skilled. The source uses accurate pieces of data involving
numbers of the population and dates, as well as giving us a clear view certain roads in Derry; this
includes Strabene Road, Irish Street and Urrivady Road. He is just following the politician wherever
he may lead him. On the other hand the Catholics became more violent towards the Protestants and
more people joined paramilitary groups. The arguments and rivalry caused sectarian tension and
violence. For a few minutes it seemed that they were going to drag us from the ambulance.
Nationalists and Unionists went to separate churches and separate pubs etc. After the leader of the
violent group was awfully murdered, people of Ireland gave up waiting for the parliamentary group
to return from the war and went to the violent group. For most of its history it was just one part of
Ireland, the northern counties. The context it was in leads to problems, the quote is from a talking in
1984. There were more than 130 arson attempts on Catholics, 10 overnight attacks on Catholics
churches with three being destroyed and twelve Catholic schools were set on fire. A reason for the
anger and protest is mainly the Widgery report. Under the Stuart monarchs, starting with James I,
land ownership in Ulster was transferred from native Ulster Catholics to mostly Scottish
Presbyterians, as well as some English Protestants, over the course of the 17th century. This made
life difficult for the Catholics and gave all power to the Protestants, This example shows what these
four laws did and how Catholics felt and how it affected them. A vicious civil war occurred in
Ireland after World War. This is because Protestants believe is it sensible to stay united with the
United Kingdom where as Catholics believe it is right to be as one with themselves, a re-united
Ireland, separate to the United Kingdom. The provisional Irish Government eventually supresses the
IRA violence. The residents of the estate see such parades as Protestant triumphalism and are likely
to react violently to these parades. He says that the Protestant way of life will be threatened in a
United Ireland. Sinn Fein refused to go to London at set up its own government, this lead to the
partition of Ireland into “Ulster” and “The Irish Free State”. An exception to this was the conflict
between Catholics and Protestants. William quickly deposes James who is forced to flee.
The march was ambushed at Burntollet Bridge by approximately 200 Loyalists, including off-duty
members of the 'B-Specials', and 13 marchers required hospital treatment. This was the colonisation
effort in northern Ireland launched during the reign of James I (early-17th century). Descendants of
these Nationalists still complain about the harsh treatment inflicted by the British more than 150
years ago and this resentment still creates a great deal of mistrust between the Nationalist and
Unionist communities today. However, source F was not bias as it was drawn based of government
statistics. The Boyne was the last major Irish effort at independence until the Easter Rebellion
(1916). The execution of the rebellion leaders significantly affected Irish opinion. This created the
Irish Free State, ruled by the Dublin parliament, but nominally still under the British crown. The
Ulster Government treated Cathlolics as second-class citizens. On the other hand, it also states that
the barriers are not only separating the two communities completely, it is also starting to build up a
barrier inside peoples minds, separating them from any belief that the two communities could unite.
They then walked out again in 1932, when the Unionists scrapped PR. So as a conclusion having
looked at all the sources I do not think there is sufficient evidence to explain why the troubles broke
out in 1969. This source is good because it is an expert’s opinion. We have no actual proof that this is
even his house. Equality of social, economic and cultural rights of all ethnic communities e.g. official
recognition of the Irish and Ulster-Scots languages as equal to English (Wikipedia, 2006). Largely
constitutional efforts aimed at gaining Home Rule were persued in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. In conclusion, attention is given to Christians’ role in peacemaking in their home
communities and worldwide. “This is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and
gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” EGL 3043 - Irish Literature Instructor: Ian Dickson Irish
Literature is designed to introduce students to some of the best of Irish Literature, including fiction,
poetry and drama. Another political party, which has a large following, is the Democratic Unionist
Party (DUP) this is more hard-line, but still a democratic party. The photo shows a man and a child
in what seems to be a garden of a small stone house. The 1972 Widgery report cleared all the soldiers
who opened fire and that further testing showed that there was no strong suspicion that any of the
victims held firearms. This source is accurate yet unreliable because we do not have enough data.
This produced a violent reaction of feeling in many places. The religious difference was the result of
the Plantation of Ulster. The Unionists didn’t make much effort into building new bridges with the
Nationalists, as the Unionists felt that the Nationalists wanted to determine the new state whereas the
nationalists felt the Unionists wanted to exclude them from having power. More than 1,000 IRA
supporters were arrested asnd inprisoned without trial. They were told that WW1 would only last 4
months or there about, when it was clear that the war was going to last longer the English began
recruiting troops from Northern Ireland but only the Protestants, this angered the Catholics even
more. Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, outlined in black, is made up of six counties of the nine-
county region of Ulster. It created a new power sharing assembly, which makes its decisions about
the internal affairs of Northern Ireland for example schools, housing, police and social policies. Both
articles agree that the peace lines and segregation within the two communities in Ireland is not a
good idea and is holding the two communities apart, away from any sort of peace arrangement.
Therefore sources H and I neither support nor denounce Ian Paisley’s views given in source G.
Before The Easter Rising there was a home rule bill passed in the British government but the
discussions were still going on when World War one broke out, this angered the Catholics even more
because they were so close to getting the bill passed.
Then of course the English got involved so they ended up sending their army in who start getting
angry and locking Irish Catholics up without out trial, known as internment. Most importantly,
however, all of the sources are to do with religion, as are the problems in Northern Ireland (the
priest). To answer the question we must look at both long and short term evidence, most of the
sources are long term however, the last two are not. Source F is a very reliable source as it shows the
statistics. Therefore, the boundaries of the constituencies favoured Protestants. In just one year in
1996 there were 3160 parades, 2400 being loyalist events, 230 nationalist ones and the rest being
other parades. For Over 300 years there has been conflict between Catholics and Protestants. With
fuel shortages the Nationalists were outraged, the IRA reacted with violence, and then a whole load
of people started to get involved, which is another theory which is though to have started Bloody
Sunday. I believe because the catholics refused to become boundary commissionaires, this meant that
the Protestants took over their jobs making them more powerful. When the Connolly Association
launched the campaign for civil rights in the north of Ireland in 1958, its purpose had been to
alleviate the suffering of the nationalist community in the north, which had been the victim of not
only discrimination but also abuse since the setting up of the six-county statelet in 1920. In January
1972 Bloody Sunday happens which is where British troops shoot at Civil Right marches. There is
considerable Catholic opposition to partition in both the Irish Free State and Ulster. The cartoon
shows a protestant’s view on how the Catholics treated them, how they took control of all
Protestants. This decision to split Ireland in two, lies at the heart of the modern argument about the
future of Ireland and has led to the continuing mistrust today between the Nationalist and Unionist
communities. Since then, Catholics have found it more difficult to live, and get jobs than Protestants
do in Northern Ireland. New legislation for Northern Ireland on policing, human rights and equality.
Some felt it was their duty as a devout Catholic or Protestant to join these groups and help out in the
fighting; to be on the metaphorical front line. What were the troubles faced Catholics in Northern
Ireland. In the next few paragraphs I will discuss why these issues have caused so much conflict
between the two religions. He is one step ahead of the working man but 3 steps behind the priest.
The Protestants in this city lead by the apprentice boys, held out. The second law stopped Catholics
from changing the laws peacefully e.g. they couldn’t vote, become an M P etc. Catholics were not
treated fairly- even today the R.U.C is almost totally Protestant. Peace talks were at a stand still now
after the I.R.A. proved untrustworthy. Sinn Fein on the other hand are the extreme side to the
Catholics political parties, they also wish to end links with Brittan but are linked with paramilitary
organisations EG. IRA. This is one of the main differences between Republicans. The strongest
views are presented by the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) which is strongly opposed to the use of
violence in the Province. The Irish Free State went its own way and in 1949 became the Republic of
Ireland. Before you know the whole of Ireland was involved and taking sides and on a march. Next
I will write about how events of the past have influenced people’s attitudes today, this will include
events involving military, religious, political, economic, and social situations. They were also angry
how the media made it look as if only the Catholics were affected by discrimination.
It ruled that they had been shot at before responding, which was strongly denied in Derry. Ulster
comprises nine counties, of which six (Antrim, Armagh, (London)Derry, Down, Fermanagh and
Tyrone) became Northen Ireland at Partition. This lasted for over 25 years, and during this time,
there were many attempts at bringing peace back to Ireland. Article one, which was written on
January 4 th 2002 by Charles Clover for the Daily Telegraph, comments that the situation is getting
worse, rather than improving whereas article two comments that the situation is getting better as
peace lines are going up, segregating the communities, therefore conflict between the two
communities is coming to an end. Stormont was to have power over most aspects of life in the North
but the new state was to stay part of the UK. There have been breaches of cease-fires but the future
in Northern Ireland looks better than it ever has done at this moment in time. Those who are
included in the matter of using violent methods in Northern Ireland were always a rather tiny
minority, and that violence was officially condemned. In 1998 they banned the parade from
marching down Garvaghy road even though they have marched this route since 1807, they have cut
the number of parades going down that road from 10 to 1, they have walked quicker and marched in
silence. Who are we?. Serco is a global 100 FSTE public services company with 50 percent of
business outside of the UK. Some felt it was their duty as a devout Catholic or Protestant to join
these groups and help out in the fighting; to be on the metaphorical front line. The moment England
took over the ruling of Ireland, the problems arose and the conflict began. Things like Voting were
not favoured for Catholics as many people with property, businesses and high status with money and
power were entitled to more votes than people with none. Could the political eruption and civil
unrest in northern ireland be avoidable. I believe the partition is the most important cause of the
conflict as the division of the country has resulted in Catholics and Protestants to hate each other,
and this hatred is being passed down through the generations. This is a long term cause of the
conflict because today’s Catholics feel that their ancestors land was unfairly taken from them. The
British search Catholic areas looking for arms, 4 people are shot dead during this search. In the
present time there are very few mixed areas. They have used these “peace lines” as a superficial
remedy for the conflict. As a consequence the English sent Protestants to Ireland in an attempt to
plant colonies and win the land these were called “plantations”. She is going in a different direction
to the paramilitary man but her child is trying to follow him. The laws meant that Catholics were
denied land and jobs so consequently they were in a worse financial situation that the protestants. In
1966 the adult population of Derry was 30 376 (20 102 Catholics; 10 274 Protestants) More
protestants than Catholics became boundary commissioners because Catholics refused. Although
they were concerned with the IRA they did have the British troops on their side. Please include what
you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.
Protestants and the Catholics were competing against each other as well as for jobs and trade.
National Symbols. National Day: St. Patricks Day 17th March National Plant: shamrock National
color: green National anthem: Londonderry Air. By examining the factors, obstacles, and pinnacle
points, we can come to a clearer and more knowledgeable understanding on the subject matter.
Unfortunately Source B is not very strong as we don’t know the original context it was in. There is
no reason to mix between different areas because most district’s have everything you need for a
normal life e.g. shops, schools etc. An enormous wall has been built in Belfast. An exception to this
was the conflict between Catholics and Protestants.
Sinn Fein didn’t like the idea of the country been split into two parts. Source D is a photograph of
the house of a catholic family in Londonderry taken in the 1960’s. In a u-turn forensic scientist Dr
John Martin changed his opinion. I believe that Bernadette Devlin made this because people did
want to know about the happenings in Ireland, they wanted the truth. So the Irish reacted by
bombing English pubs in 1973 due to events in the previous years, which is known as Bloody
Sunday. He says that the Protestant way of life will be threatened in a United Ireland. The religious
difference was the result of the Plantation of Ulster. Economics caused more conflict just because if
someone was Catholic they would be less well off than if you were Protestant. This source is strong,
reliable evidence showing that employers are free to discriminate against Catholic employees in times
of depression. Sinclair explains how “If you’re a Linfield scout and you see a lad who’s good, the
second or third question is, “What school did you go to son?” And if it’s Saint something, then all of
a sudden the boy isn’t good enough. Many parties in Ireland focused on healthcare, housing, and
education, but they didn’t have any ideas of how to overcome the dispute in Northern Ireland. I
would not trust this source considering that it was drawn by a protestant and effectively tells us that
all Catholics are out to get Protestants. The two I believe are the most important are Bloody Sunday
and The Easter rising. The Parliamentary Nationalists had been promised Home Rule by the autumn
of 1914 but the Unionists were determined to stop Ulster being ruled by an all Ireland parliament.
The cartoon is based on one of Escher’s famous never ending staircase illusions. In August 1969
British troops are sent in to keep the peace. However, there could be some difficulty doing so as
some of these sources can be biased and written from one person’s point of view and this must be
taken into account when looking at the sources. Even now more walls are being built to keep the two
sides, Catholics and Protestants, apart, however, the peace lines seem to be proving very affective as
there are now fewer deaths and injuries and the bombings have stopped. Conditional early release
within two years of paramilitary prisoners belonging to organizations observing a ceasefire. Problems
like this have led Catholics fighting for what they believe is right and for their equality, they have
shown this in non-violent and violent forms one example is bloody Sunday in 1969. Both sides have
paramilitary organisations attached to them and are not afraid to resort to violence to achieve their
ends. This new government of Northern Ireland became known as Stormont after the district of
Belfast where it eventually met. Students learn the historical development of the conflict in Northern
Ireland, interact with people involved in the conflict, and apply their knowledge of the conflict and
reconciliation process in Northern Ireland to conflict transformation in a global context. The chance
of peace happening in Northern Ireland gets better every day because peace is the main aim for the
political parties. In 1995 the police blocked the Orangemen’s parade from going into a Catholic
village, this lead to a three day stand-off, after the stand-off they finally let them through. Every time
Ireland was invaded the settlers merged together and inter-married. Catholics were not treated fairly-
even today the R.U.C is almost totally Protestant. In the present time there are very few mixed areas.
Both communities in Northern Ireland have produced terrorist groups prepared to act violently and
outside the law, the IRA and the UDA to give two examples. There was also a bomb attack on the
R.U. (sanction by the real I.R.A.), no injuries just structural damage.

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