The political, economic and social landscape of Northern Ireland pre-1969, can be compared with "powder-keg" Europe before World War I. There was no one factor that led to troubles in Northern Ireland, but was rather a culmination of circumstances and events stemming from the dominance of Protestants in the region. The establishment of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the Campaign for Social Justice spear-headed Catholic and Nationalist campaigns to co-ordinate a fight against the Protestant State. Inequality in Northern Ireland is a very broad subject. I will set out to sho...

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