... in Ireland was complete. Catholics suffered greatly in the subsequent period of British occupation, enduring laws that prevented them from bearing arms, holding office, and restricted their rights to an education. While many of those rights were restored, the animosity between Catholics and Protestants remained. With the passing of the Act of Union in 1800, a law that joined England and Ireland ... . By 1989, some 2,700 people had died in the 20 years of fighting- about 1,900 were civilians. As IRA and Protestant killings continued into the early 1990's, Britain began launching multi-par...

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