Sectarianism in United KingdomSouthern Ireland

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Sectarianism in United Kingdom/Southern Ireland

• Kennedy Munro
• Professor Clem
• Comparative Politics

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Sectarianism

• Bigotry, discrimination, intolerance or hatred
  giving importance to alleged differences between
  subdivisions within a group
• ex. between different denominations of a
  religion or the section of a political movement

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The Beginning of Sectarianism

• Protestant Reformation (Reform Catholic Church)
• Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
• War between Catholics and Protestants in Holy
  Roman Empire
• Ireland had sectarian conflict during same time
• Nationalism encouraged

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Northern Ireland

• Recognized as mostly Protestants
• Irish Free State Independence in 1922
  (development of Northern Ireland)
• Began emigration to other countries (especially
  Scotland)
• Northern Ireland suffers The Troubles
  (1969-2002)
• Nationalists (Catholics) vs. Unionists
  (Protestants, immigrants from mainly
• Scotland and England)
• Dispute over whether
• Ireland, Northern Ireland,
• or neither join U.K.
• Northern Irelands
• National Flag -

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Scotland

• Immigrants from Ireland support Ireland more than
  Scotland
• Make money in Scotland and send it home (hurt
  Scottish economy)
• Developed into football (American soccer) rivalry
  called The Old Firm
• Celtics (Catholics) vs. Rangers
• (Protestants)
• Recognize where from by colors
• Green White-Celtics
• Blue White- Rangers

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Southern Ireland

• Recognized as mostly Catholic
• Dissolved of U.K. in December of 1922
• Government of Ireland Act of 1922
• Southern Ireland officially segregated from
  Northern Ireland
• Do not agree with British form of Parliament
• Have own form of Parliament
• Southern Irelands
• National Flag -

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England Wales

• Been pressured to take sides
• Never formally have
• Want Ireland as a whole to be part of United
  Kingdom
• Has formally refused to back Ireland or
  Scotland/Northern Ireland
• Has taken measures to help re-unite Northern and
  Southern Ireland
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Works Cited

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  the_Union_Jack.svg.png
• http//www.millennium.gov.uk/projects/images/sense
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• http//www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/NIlogo.gi
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• http//www.linksgolftravel.com/images/ireland/irel
  and_flag.gif
• www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/NorthIreland/Sectariani
  sm/Sectarianism.htm
• http//www.ltscotland.org.uk/antisectarian/whatIsS
  ectarianism/aboutsectarianism/aScottishIssue/02020
  501rootsofsectarianisminscotland.asp
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/453946.stm