For how many Hundreds of years did the Catholics of Ireland kill the Protestants of England ?

Question

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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?" --Quentin Crisp

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. –Napolean Bonaparte

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. --Anne Lamott

Christians, needless to say, utterly detest one another; they slander each other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse, and cannot come to any sort of agreement in their teaching. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own with deceitful nonsense. --Celsus (178 AD)

The Church says the Earth is flat. But I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the Moon. And I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church. --Magellan

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said 'Stop! don't do it!' 'Why shouldn't I?' he said. I said, 'Well, there's so much to live for!' He said, 'Like what?' I said, 'Well...are you religious or atheist?' He said, 'Religious.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?' He said, 'Christian.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?' He said, 'Protestant.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?' He said, 'Baptist!' I said, 'Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god or Baptist church of the lord?' He said, 'Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god, or are you reformed Baptist church of god?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!' I said, 'Die, heretic scum,' and pushed him off. --Emo Phillips

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Answer 1

That is pretty much backwards. England has always been the oppressor of Ireland when the two are in conflict, not the other way around.

Answer 2

I think you need to go back to the history books. The English imposed Protestantism on the Catholic Irish. The only acceptable Protestantism was the Church of England. Presbyterians suffered under English laws but not as much as Catholics. They settled the north with prebyterians from Scotland. Oliver Cronwell led sectarian campaigns against the Catholics and Catholics were denied land ownership rights, the vote and many other basic rights for hundreds of years.

It was only when they went on the offensive after the failed rising in 1916 that they regained part of the country. N. Ireland remained in Protestant control and many thousands of Catholics were killed at the hands of the Protestant police force. Up until 1969, many Catholics were denied the vote, denied civil service jobs and were kept in low paid and unskilled work. That changed with the civil rights marches in 1967 when the worlds attention was drawn to Ireland as the TV Broadcasters showed pictures of Protsetant RUC brutality and then things really kicked off. Catholics continued to be exclusively persecuted by actions such as internment (during which many innocent people were falsely imprisoned).

The Protestant and Catholic terror organisations went at each other with a vengence and 30 years later we got peace.

Answer 3

What goes on in Ireland stays in Ireland as far as I care.... They can have their christian in-fighting until the end of time for all it matters.....
England has enough trouble squabbling with Wales and Scotland alone, and on non-religious matters mind you. The Celtic Nations have been oppressed by the English since time immemorial.... but matters closer to home need to be dealt with before we even get started on the christian fighting in Ireland.

Answer 4

for as long as it took for the Protestants to get the message that the Irish were not going to give up Catholicism by force

Answer 5

you can quote men all you like, but all people should go
according to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ

Answer 6

You may as well ask "How long have people killed people?"

People are not 'racists' per se, but 'otherists.' We simply don't like anybody we perceive of as 'other.'

Answer 7

You need to do some research.

Answer 8

how many hundreds of years did the christians murder the original pagans?