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Saint Patrick introduced Christianity to Ireland.
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The western Christian Church split during the reformation.
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In the early 16th century, British decide to conquer Ireland to add to their power, spread Protestantism, protect them from French and Spanish, provides a tidy profit to the British Crown.
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Plantation system: Government-sponsored campaigns to “Plant” pioneers loyal to the British Crown.
Northern Ireland resisted and had their own Ulster Plantation -
British defeated a combined Spanish-Ulster(northern part of Ireland) in the battle of Kinsale.
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Irish gained its independence as the Irish Free State, however Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom. Ironically even though they were still part of the UK, Protestants dominate Northern Ireland while Catholics dominate Ireland.
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Conflict between Northern Ireland was at its peak. An extreme Irish nationalist group called the IRA( Irish Republican Army) rekindled a guerilla war against British institutions killing 3,000 people. Used car as a bomb.
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Irish nationalist political group( In English “ We Ourselves”) Sinn Fein negotiated with the British in 1998 signing the “Good Friday Agreement”
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Power-sharing government of Belfast(part of Northern Ireland) collapsed and the British retook Control. This caused the conflicts to get worse
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IRA announced that it would resume disarmament and ordered its members to end the armed campaign to overthrow British rule.
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St. Andrew’s Agreement set out a time table for power sharing between Protestants and Catholics.
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Elections for the Representative Assembly were held. Protestants and Chatolics were almost equally distributed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48XwoTeFC4http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/troubles/the_troubles_article_03.shtml
