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Peace in Ireland

            
             Protestants and Catholics in Ireland have been fighting and arguing for all of the 20th century. England still has control over Northern Ireland and what goes on there (The War in Ireland). Because England is not Catholic or was not along time ago, all of Northern Ireland is Protestant. In Northern Ireland there are very few Catholics and they are a minority (The War in Ireland). The country is divided between the North and South. The South is mostly Catholic, not ruled by Britain or part of the U.K. (The War in Ireland). .
             Throughout the past century the fighting in Northern Ireland has been horrible. Thousands of people have died and Britain still occupies Northern Ireland. When the Northern Ireland State was developed it was based on the exclusion of Catholics (Allen). Catholics were treated as second-class citizens and were excluded from everything (Allen). They basically had no rights at all. That was all part of the states ideology. They even had police especially for Catholics (The War in Ireland). The Catholics could not have any kind of march or organized protest. If they did they would be imprisoned (Allen). In the 1960's a small number of middle class Catholic citizens held marches. The British army shot and killed 14 unarmed protestors in 1972 (The War in Ireland). This became known as "Bloody Sunday". Since then the violence has continued. There have been some peace agreements.
             The South of Ireland has become the same as the North only the opposite. The Catholic's are the majority and have segregated themselves from the Protestants (The War in Ireland). Most of the violence and arguing is in the North (Allen). There has been some peace treaties and cease- fire (The War in Ireland). .
             There is hope for peace in Northern Ireland but there are still extremists who break through the cease-fire agreements. In the past many leaders of the world have tried to get peace in Ireland like in the Middle East.


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