Conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland.?

Question

Where did this start, exactly? Who was it that prompted action to be taken? Please tell me all.

Answer 1

The issue in Northern Ireland is political not religious. The media, who is always looking for short cuts and not the whole story, calls the participants Catholics and Protestants.

England has been trying to conquer Ireland for hundreds of years.

The conflict at this time is about whether the British territory (probably the wrong word) of Northern Ireland should remain British or should become part of Ireland.

The majority of people in Ireland are Catholics. The majority of people in England and Northern Ireland are Protestants. There are actually Catholics and Protestants on either side.

The terrorists on either side of the issue are not Christian in any sense of the word.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

In 1171, King Henry II of England invaded Ireland -- and England still hasn't fully left! The Irish people have been horribly oppressed and their land stolen. On St. Patrick's Day, the History Channel shows a program called something like "A Short History of Ireland." It is an hour and a half, and I think it explains the situation well.

Answer 3

Oliver Cromwell played a big part in it. He sent other people from the Brittish Isles, many of whom were poor Welsh or Scots, celtic kin to the Irish to colonize Ireland. The settlers were Protestant and had a higher concentration in the northern counties in the Ulster region. Dublin castle was recognized as the head of the Irish state, but when the Irish reclaimed their country, they struck a compromise that the Ulster counties would remain part of the United Kingdom, and would be governed by the crown of Brittania. The majority of the people in Ulster want to be in the UK, but the majority of people on the island as a whole don't want the island to be divided. It's a very sticky situation.

Answer 4

you do not want to go there.. i have Irish catholics at my job and they hate the orange men ( that's the protestants color) it go's back to king Henry the eighth. long story short.. when the English took over Ireland they gave some irish better rights if they were protestants and some converted.. making a separation in that country thats lasts until today. look at the www.bbc.com they list northern ireland but not ireland. this is very deep kiddo and the hate they have for each other is deep also. don't wear orange on st pattys day,

Answer 5

there grow to be in no way a conflict between Protestants and Catholics in spite of hassle-loose perception. this is in basic terms the way human beings summarise it because of the fact the themes to hand are far extra complicated. The conflict is between unionists and nationalists. maximum unionists are Protestant yet no longer all Protestant are unionist and the comparable for nationalism and catholicism. it is not something to do with faith or the ideals in touch yet to do with the undeniable fact that the unionists prefer to hitch the united kingdom whilst the nationalists prefer to hitch the Republic of eire. The conflict is over and has been for it sluggish. you nevertheless get the occasional bomb scare however the hassle-loose individual in Northern eire in basic terms needs peace. It nevertheless desires to be monitored yet there are peace treaties in effect. you ought to study up on the coolest Friday contract specially. the only way that's going to ever be thoroughly over is while human beings comprehend that the previous is the previous and violence gets them nowhere.

Answer 6

Henry VIII wanted a son. To get one he ended up starting his own church. In those days as went the king, so went the nation. To do otherwise was treason. So he forced the Irish to give up either their faith or their farmland.

Irish Catholics got no use for the Brits OR their heresy to this day.

Sad, what one man's ego can do to history.

Answer 7

Conflict between Catholics and Protestants?

BOTH ARE NOT TRUE CHRISTIANITY! I CALLED THEM "GOATS".

This is why, "The hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live" (Ecclesiastes 9:3),
because they do not fear God (Psalm 36:1).

The Bible warning,

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6

Answer 8

I have no idea, just don't be blaming the pirates... or the parrots.