... 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 march was organised by the civil rights association to confront the issues of internment and direct rule in ... ...

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... years back to the reign of King Henry VIII, a time when English Protestantism was introduced to the largely Catholic population of Ireland. Strains of enmity arose between the two religious factions that populated Ireland at the time "the Protestant majority in the north, and the Catholic people native to the southern regions. The tensions between the closely residing religious people ... ...

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