... Irish people. They could not contend with the gluttonous British soldiers who took away their property whenever they desired to do so. Wealthy Protestant landowners evicted the Irish from their homes and forced them out on the streets. They struggled dearly to stay alive. They had nothing to depend on "no land, no food and no rights. The Irish people ... New York successfully joined together to keep their churches safe. No Catholic church burned in New York. Irish immigrants were also devoted to work. Both the Irish men and women held jobs. The women became chambermaids, cooks, and the ...

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... 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) In ... more likely. In cities like Londonderry and Belfast, "many people who lived in the 'wrong' area - that is Catholics in Protestant areas and vice versa - were forced to ...

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... but they were also afraid of their Catholic religion. When a Protestant drove by one of these ghettos they surely looked in disgust at the squalid conditions of the Irish. Their homes were old, abandoned mansions that were converted into tenement housing; sometimes a wooden crate sufficed, but as a rule there were no toilets or fresh water. These Irish were seen as a "social ... men and as a result they tended to fare well athletically. Free from the restraints of Ireland they also excelled politically and as of today countless numbers of elected positions are held by descendants of Iri...

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