The union of church and state, economic highs and lows, and nationalism are all global issues that affect different areas of the world in different ways. Protestants and Catholics have been fighting in Northern Ireland since the early 1900s and possibly even before that. While the two religious groups seem to be the main parties in the dispute, nationalism has played a very large role in the conflict between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The dispute is caused mainly by the presence of the United Kingdom as a control group in Ireland, and the nationalists and the unionists have formed sides in the controversy. In this essay, I will discuss a brief history of the conflict in Northern Ireland, describe the main groups that are fighting, why religion and nationalism play a role in the disagreement, and how the economy has been impacted.

Some historians believe the conflicts in Northern Ireland began as long ago as 1609. At this time, Queen Elizabeth’s military was dominating the globe and, after many struggles, overtook the province of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Once the English took control the land was commandeered a

Ireland has a home economy that is based on small businesses. This is primarily caused by the instability of the nation. Major corporations from global superpowers such as the United States, are hesitant to set up offices and factories in a location which would pose such a risk for potential damage. However this is quite a paradoxical issue since most of “the businesses that get damaged in the violence are small, locally owned businesses. If the IRA has it in for some Protestant part of Belfast, they blow up shops, they don’t go bomb DuPont,” (Guynn, 2001).

Global issues have hugely impacted the civil conflict in Ireland, just as some of these issues have been affected by the civil unrest within the country. The economy has a huge impact on life in Ireland. The constant state of war has been a major downfall for the economy of the island, as it would be in any other country. Ireland relies heavily on exports from other countries because it is a region of low productivity. “The dependency of Northern Ireland on exports made the state particularly vulnerable to world trends,” (www.irelandseye.com)

nd British colonists began to push the native Irishmen out (Darby, 1995).

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