... and the suspension of their civil rights in the 1960's. The loyalties of the Unionist and Loyalist parties in Northern Ireland to Britain has led to their increased power through actions such as the penal laws . However, the Protestant governments that then emerged used their powers in ... this steadily began to decline over the coming years as violence increased3. The introduction of internment in 1971 and its bias towards Catholics4 led to rising tensions among the Nationalist and Republican factions. It was January 30th 1972 when these tensions finally became action, a Nationalist ma...

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... . This law was an addition to a list which included the prevention of Catholic land ownership and the prevention of long-term leases for Catholics. However, as Wall, (1), notes, these laws led only to many more Irish Roman Catholics seeking a living within the trade industry. As is evident through this particular instance, there was a negative governmental and political attitude toward Irish Roman ... no planters, save for Catholic tenants, and dispossessed Catholics were easily accommodated as middlemen on these Irish Roman Catholic estates, which again led to a rise in the Catholic mid...

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... north, and the Catholic people native to the southern regions. The tensions between the closely residing religious people, erupted in 1690 in the Battle of Boyne, where William of Orange led the Protestants to victory over King James II, bringing much of Ireland into the hands of the non-Catholics. The religious acrimony between the two spiritual divisions has only amounted ... ...

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