Northern Ireland (also known as Ulster) is currently governed and part of the UK, and its decisions are made in UK parliament, this has been the case since the Ireland Act (1920), which came into effect as British law in 1921. There has been conflict over British rule in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is made up of two separated communities. The loyalist/unionist who come from a protestant back ground who take up 66% of the Northern Ireland population and are descendants of English and Scottish settlers from the century when Elizabeth I feared the Spanish would use Catholic Ireland as a stepping-stone to invade England, Elizabeth hoped that this would make Ulster peaceful and loyal to the Crown. Once settled they were a minority among Ireland and feel they have been persecuted. This is known as the Plantation of Ulster.

The over 34% of the Northern Ireland population is made up of Republicans who come from a catholic background. They have the view that they are the r

William Of Orange in his attempt to overthrow the Catholic King James II, who was trying to regain the land for dispossessed Catholics. The Protestants organized a resistance to James II and the French in Ulster. They survived the sieges at Londonderry and Enniskillen. James’s final low came when he was defeated at the battle of the Boyne, which has since become a symbol the protestant faith in Northern Ireland and is celebrated on the 12th of July.

ightful owners of Ireland, and have been deprived of the best farmland and of its traditions by rich protestant settlers from England and Scotland.

James’s soldiers fled to mainland Europe and the vacant lands were given to protestant settlers and soldiers of King William III army. This is the Protestant claim to Ulster remaining British. Ireland was then under strong Protestant power. In the 18th century a catholic rebellion sparked the Act of Union, whereby Ireland became part of the United Kingdom and sent 100 members to the House of Commons to have a say in the running of Ireland, Irish politicians used this as a platform for trying to gain some sort of ‘Home Rule for Ireland’. Protestant politicians elected from Ulster wanted to maintain the Act of Union, which meant that Ireland was British and guarantee their dominance in Ireland. The two sides fought long political battles over three Home Rule Bills in 1886, 1893 and 1912. The final 1912 bill was close to

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