Could anyone give me some background information of conflict in Northern Ireland?

Question

Please give me the source as well.

Answer 1

It is much more complicated than just a conflict of politics and religion. It goes back to 1610 when a plantation scheme under James I sent many Scottish settlers over to Ulster (the Irish province that became Northern Ireland). These Scottish settlers, who would later become known as Ulster Scots or Scots-Irish, were mostly Presbyterians, a Protestant denomination of Christianity, while many of their Irish neighbors were Catholics. The invasion of settlers was basically a Protestant colonization scheme to try to bring Ireland more into line with the English plans for it, and the origins of the resentment that caused the later Troubles can be traced to the Protestant determination to make Ireland a Protestant country and the Protestants' despising of the Catholic Irish as backward, heretical and less than human (much as other British colonizers treated the native peoples of their colonies, eg India, Africa, the First Nations and the French of North America).

Answer 2

After centuries under British rule the Free State, later the Republic was formed around 1921. Northern Ireland is still part of the UK. Around 1968, a reformed IRA began terror activities to get the British out. The conflict is basically political and economic, divided on religious lines. The region is about 50-50 Protestant/Catholic. The Republic is about 90% Catholic. The northern Protestants are, somewhat understandably, concerned about joining with the Republic, as they would lose clout.

Answer 3

I think it has to do with the control Britain has over the Ireland and the so called conflict of religiuos is promoted by the British to let the Irish go about it while Britain wins it all.

Answer 4

Most of the conflict is between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants. It basically comes down to politics and religion.