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Civil Rights in Northern Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

John J. Kane
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The contemporary position of Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland (Ulster), is inextricably entwined in historical origins of religious, political, economic and social webs. Depending upon one's knowledge of history or emotional disposition, it can be traced back to Strongbow in the tenth century, or to the defeat of James II in 1690. For the more pragmatic and less academic, the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 and the London Agreement of 1925, which divided Ireland into the North and South, will suffice. While many will disagree, it seems that most Irish, North or South, if pressed long and hard enough, admit that the basis of the conflict is partition of the six counties in the North (Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone) from the 26 counties in the South.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 1971 , pp. 54 - 77
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1971

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* My research for this article was made possible by a grant from the Western European Studies at Notre Dame and the O'Brien Fund Grant at Notre Dame.

** Deny (Londonderry) has a Catholic population about twice the number of Protestants and the opposite is true of Belfast.

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*** In Great Britain and The Irish Republic the term race refers to race or ethnic group. In the United States it refers to persons possessing in common certain inherited physical characteristics. Ethnic group refers to those sharing a common culture usually maintained in the face of an alien culture.

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* Paisleyites are the followers of Rev. Ian Paisley, leader of the Free Presbyterians, a fundamentalist sect. He is presently a member of Parliament at Stormont Westminster. Bunting is his lieutenant.

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