its my understanding that the majority of ireland, meaning everything below northern ireland, is catholic while northern ireland is a protestant majority. am i correct? and isnt the north considered the irish republic? ( someone from ireland answer only)
2007-08-01 01:55:48 · 2 answers · asked by maximus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
That is not true. There are protestants and catholics (and other religions) in both countries. The MAJORITY of the Irish are catholics (86%), and the majority of northern Irish are protestants (53%) - there is no laws saying what religion you can be in these countries (though in Northern Ireland there are strong nationalist and unionist communities. It was - and in some cases still is - unwise to go, and certainly live in the wrong one)
That's why there was so much trouble in northern ireland, the protestants and catholics fought on both religious and political (unionist and nationalist respectively) grounds.
Southern Ireland is the Republic of Ireland - northern ireland is part of the UK, and therefore is a constitutional monarchy.
2007-08-01 02:11:07 · answer #1 · answered by Mordent 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
im not from ireland but of heard of something like that. n school we had to watch a movie called "Some mothers son" about that. Its sad but good. I reccomend u watch it.
2007-08-01 10:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋