... Ulster, the religion of the majority, unlike most towns outside Ulster, was Presbyterian. However, the Presbyterian population had been split into liberals led by the Reverend Henry Montgomery and the fundamentalists led by the Reverend Henry Cooke. The liberal strand was much more lenient towards the Catholics than the fundamentalists. Despite this, the population had been increasing at an alarming rate; in ... ...

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... 's independence from Great Britain. From as early as 1169 the English had been asserting their dominance and laying claim to Ireland. What had begun as a religious quarrel between Pope Adrian IV and the Catholics of Ireland, slowly developed into the seventeenth century plantation of Protestants in Ulster. The Battle of the Boyne between King James II and William of Orange (or ... ...

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... . Consequently, actuality of this subject consists in the solution of territorial claims of both countries using diplomacy, but not military forces as before. The histories of these islands interpenetrate. In IV B.C. Celtic tribes settled territory of Ireland. Primitive communal system took clannish organisation's form. Since 795 Ireland underwent Norman's invasions. But the Irish didn't tolerate it. In 1169-1171 Anglo -Norman ... ...

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... as the Norman Invasion. This invasion occurred in 1169. The Irish clans battled Norman lords from Wales, the Irish were very persistent and spirited fighters but in the end King Henry II of England claimed Ireland as part of it's kingdom. The English established control of Ireland, with the exception of the Northern Province Ulster. For nearly four hundred years, Irish ... ...

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