between Irish Catholics and the Irish Protestants still continues to this

day. In this assessment I am going to examine why soldiers were sent into

Between 1921 and the mid 1960s Catholics in Northern Ireland faced many

problems. After the War Of Independence, in 1919, the country of Ireland was

divided into two parts; The North, here there was a large Protestant

Majority, each of the six Ulster counties had their own parliament and their

own government. The South, largely occupied by Irish Catholics, most opposed

the idea of dividing Ireland. But in 1921 a group of Sinn Fein, and IRA

members signed an treaty with the British, accepting the division of

Ireland. This was when what's known as 'Northern Ireland' was created,

dominated by Protestants. However, Catholics had wanted a united and

Independent Ireland, so resentment grew. "After partition, it was hardline

Unionists who held power in the North, they were determined to keep Ulster

British and Protestant. They tended to see all Northern Catholics as

possible traitors. As a result Catholics were discriminated against" (1

appalling for Catholics, they marched and campaigned about their unfair

here they were met by violent Protestant Unionists, the outcome was

Street Crash' in America. Both Irish Catholics and Protestants were affected

areas, this was a huge disadvantage to the Catholic people, they had no

violence. The violent protest spread to Ireland. Student demonstrations all

Lynch was threatening to intervene with the troubles in Northern Ireland,

a home, they would become second class citizens to a single Protestant girl,

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