The reason they called it “the troubles” was to avoid calling it a war so they wouldn’t lose face to other countries. I’m reality it was a low intensity war.

Don't feel bad for being an American who doesn't know about the events on a little island across the ocean. You're actually trying to learn and doing so very respectfully. It takes a lot of courage to do this on camera so you have a ton of respect from me. Speaking of understatements, the Second World War was called "The Emergency" here in Ireland. The name of the 1840s famine in the Irish language translates as "The Great Hunger".

A lot of people don’t realise that the song “Zombie” by the Cranberries is about The Troubles.

I said this another reaction vid to this. The conflict was not/ is not actually about religion, it’s about politics/culture/ethnicity and the legacy of colonialism. It’s better to talk about Unionists/Loyalists and Nationalists/Republicans than Protestants and Catholics.

Theres actually 2 separate bloody sundays in Irish history

As someone born and raised in West Belfast in the early 80s and lived through the war, lost family and friends, even been in prison due to the circumstances in which I was surrounded, its refreshing to see an American NOT be all American about this place. Well done.

As someone from derry I thank you for watching this

Tragically,there was more than one Bloody Sunday in Ireland.The one most people are aware of is Bloody Sunday in 1972.Thank you for reacting to this.

As with most events in history, there was bad on both sides. But basically it's all Oliver Cromwell's fault

The civil rights movement was around the same time as the one in the states and greatly inspired by Dr. King including songs like "we shall overcome". Yes the black panthers visited Ireland to stand in solidarity with us and many here are quite fond of the black panthers.

Respect from béal Feirste ( Belfast ) for watching the video 💪🇮🇪.

Bloody sunday was a massacre that happened during the troubles.

Its pretty weird how loads of massacres around the world are called "Bloody Sunday", theres been them in Northern Ireland, Russia, South Africa, America and so on. Sunday just isn't a very good day

9:23 "The north of Ireland" *I like this guy* 😂😂😂

Normans were technically the french invading and overtaking England at the battle of Hastings in 1066, if i remember correctly

The "protestants" in Ulster were settlers from southern Scotland and northern England put there by Britain to outnumber the Irish natives which is why those six counties stayed with UK.

My mom’s family immigrated to America in the early 1900s from County Cork and County Kerry. They were Catholic and they had to drop the O from the last name to get employment opportunities and avoid prejudice. The last name went from O’Barry to Barry.

I thought it was mad interesting the way as a black dude you keyed in to the sense of injustice that was fueling the Troubles. That whole thing is exactly how Irish people feel historically in relation to Britain (not exactly though, it's complicated... LOL).

We call the Revolutionary War "Tuesday"

never forget that Bernadette Devlin, and irish civil rights was given the key to new york city for her work in Ireland and 2 days later gave the key to the black panthers as a symbol of solidarity

'The Troubles' was the phycological language the British Govt and British Army used, as they didn't want to use the word 'War', or language of War, that was being fought by the British and the IRA (and the Protestant/Loyalist paramilitaries_ to Britian) during this time..... It was a Dirty War on all sides, but given it was been fought in the cities and towns of a Civilian Irish/British Population in Northern Ireland the British Politicians did not want to use the word War for obvious reasons ,nationally and Internationally, and so it was disallowed onto the TV networks or newspapers etc etc etc, and so out of habit, the Irish dry humour, as well as forced phycology, the War became known as 'The Troubles', but all those involved, and those caught up in it, in Ireland , Britain and Northern Ireland, were fully aware it was in fact a War. But as I explain a dirty one, with no clear lines , except to say the Irish/ Catholics in Northern Ireland, at that time, had no Protection, or Rights, Limbs or life, housing or work by the Authority that occupied the Land , and so the IRA did protect the community from threat and violence initially and took the fight to the British to free Ireland and protect the Irish/Catholic People ....and yes over time, 40 years, the violence became too much for all sides....hence the Good Friday Agreement/Peace Process, 1990s , which both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland voted for, Peace enmasse. Given your conversation and some of what you imply in your video, think you might like to watch 'Harry's Game' BBC (I think) a particular TV drama from the 80s , that might help you understand how dirty a War it was, with the British Shot To Kill Policy etc, if you are to really grasp the state of play of Northern Ireland at this time by all involved. Also I would say: Ireland having been colonized and occupied for the most of 800 years in whole or partition by the British Authorities, Ireland has never given up its right to be United in all that time, and achieved 26 Counties in 1922 onwards. And Yes we voted for Peace, as the Violence got too much 1990s, as we, the majority wanted it on all sides of the Island of Ireland and this is ' a Good' . But a Border Poll (a vote to see, test the water for a United Ireland) is to be done 20 years into the Good Friday Agreement which we all agreed too, it is now nearly 22 years into the agreement and the Irish People who have waited so long a history, medieval or current, are discussing the Border Poll now in open conversation in and of the rules of the Good Friday Agreement which we are free to do on both sides of the Border. Yes the British Authorities are lagging on this.... But in light of Brexit , where the British had the right to vote to 'Leave Europe' , and Scotland has also had a Referendum /Vote to leave Britian, with a Second Vote for Scotland being spoken of in light of the Brexit result, as the Scots don't want to be forced out of Europe by England, nor does Northern Ireland want to be forced out of Europe by England as a result of the Brexit Vote also. So as you can imagine from a very patient Irish historic perspective, there are those north and south of Ireland for all kind of reasons, one obviously a United Ireland, this, a passion of the Irish People , and the raison d'etre (reason) of all our historic suffering as a People and loss, with such lives lost in the history struggle to Unite, it is a bit rich historically and currently politically... in light of the Majority of Britian voting whenever they want currently to leave our stay in Europe.... to expect the Irish to wait indifinitely historically or currently, for much longer with the must implement Border Poll to uphold the Good Friday Agreement for a United Ireland Vote. The Irish have waited , and can no longer be held hostage to British history, and esp past and current British politics (as Ireland is a Sovereign Nation hard fought and won for its People), or current British politics any longer.... when it , Britian, votes to leave Europe in five minutes compared to the time the Irish have waited to be United as a People, in genuine inclusivity and prosperity in our current times, as an Island people for all our Island People North and South. This is not a feeling or mood swings etc as you may not have realized you implied in your video which struck me , the Good Friday Agreement is a serious document that achieved a vital Peace for our Island People , and encourages a United Ireland given the Majority wants it , through a Border Poll. At this stage of the Good Friday Agreement we have a Right to finally, in generosity to all the People of Ireland (not withstanding the obvious sensitivities). We, the Irish have been a particular and historically patient People, but it is Time for the Irish People to have this Vote on Unification of this Fracture/Partition imposed on our Island People by Another's Country's Politics a time ago. A Border Poll , Vote , with preparation and in consultation with all the People of the Island of Ireland🌷...History is arriving at this point for Ireland. Which is more than can be said for Britian... with England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland wanting different outcomes with their permitted Brexit Vote as explained above. Please understand the gravity, longevity and, a suffering, yet joyful and a hopeful Irish People , which in all the eras you have covered in your videos here, what a United Ireland with a Border Poll would mean to the Irish, peacefully done after so much difficult history. Now that would be some Party worth having🥃🥳, that the whole world would be invited to 🥳. Hope the above is of help to you understanding our Island People and what Irish Unity means. Take care and stay Safe😷🌻 And wish America the Blue Wave 🌊🌊🌊🇺🇲💙 it wants for itself this Election 💙🇺🇲🌊 The above only being a very rough outline of all that the Irish People have longed for waited for and are patient in it being 22 yes later on the GFA , finally WE THE PEOPLE will have a voice. Just as I am sure you understand from all your own country's politics ,esp on the Eve of your Presidential Election and all that is involved currently for your Society. The Irish Society is a current one and a historic memory of when we were a United People and Free, and had Brehon Law, that cared for the mentally ill, that had divorce, strong women (just like our Republican Women and Men of 1922, total equality our Irish Free State/and Republic was founded on through James Connolly 1916).

The Normans were the descendants of Vikings dwelling in northern France in the province of Normandy-In 1066 they invaded England, deposing King Alfred, taking over England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and replacing King Alfred with their own dynasty.

Stiff Little Fingers for the music, just a brilliant band from the north

I grew up in Derry/Londonderry/Stroke City all through the ‘troubles’. To try and explain it in one short or even 2 videos is impossible. I have great trouble trying to explain it to people I meet outside of Ireland. Even if you want to be neutral you were surrounded by the religion and bias of the area you lived in. The whole city seemed to be split down the religious lines. I was very lucky to have parents who wanted nothing to do with the religious bias and would try to teach their children every side of everything possible. The city was a beautiful place and to strangers all the people are friendly. I loved my life there.

Being from Northern Ireland myself there is a growing number of people who are not one-sided and they've become more moderate. I personally am from the Protestant community but am really quite neutral about things. Catholics were discriminated against for a long time by the British and a lot of bad things were done by both sides during the troubles. Many people here are now interested in the integration of the two communities for example in education, which would be great, but currently there is only a small number of integrated schools. I like the way you stay neutral on your videos and don't say one side is wrong and the other is right. Most people worldwide take the Republican side of things, which I understand because many dislike the British because of history, but really nowadays most people in NI are just normal people and neither those from a British heritage or Irish heritage should be hated for the past they had no control over. Protestants shouldn't be told to get out of Ireland. Not that timeframes really matter because you should never tell someone to go home but Protestants have been in Ireland for 400 years. These days I would only divide people into sectarian and non-sectarian. I would identify far more with a moderate non-sectarian Catholic/Republican than a sectarian Protestant/Unionist because the days of being bitter should be over, we should all move past that. By the way, the Revolutionary War here is known as "the Scuffle". Just kidding ;)

I had no idea there were any Aussies doing this sort of thing! Subbed. (To him, that is. I'm already subbed to you, da Vinci).

The idea that the British army was neutral is ridiculous. They were sent to keep British rule in the that part of Ireland.

History is nuanced, we are learning more every day. I have learned more about my people's history thanks to reactions from people who are also learning. thanks

Bernadette Devlin was awarded the key to the city of Newyork for her work in the civil rights movement in the North , she took that key and gave it to the Black panthers cause she saw a similar struggle for the two communities. She was never welsomed back to NYC

Alot of my close family were affected heavily by the troubles, the brit soldiers would just come busting into your home, destroy the place looking for weapons or anything and then beat the catholic home owners. A solider choked my grandmother and threw her down a set of stairs while she was 7/8 months pregnant with my mum

Your an intellectual person with a logical mind I love these reactions :)

After Bloody Sunday both John Lennon (Sunday Bloody Sunday) and Paul McCartney (Give Ireland back to the Irish) were outraged enough to write songs inspired by it!

You picked the right weekend to talk about the troubles it is the first old firm game of the season that’s soccer ⚽️ to you Celtic mainly Catholic support started by Irish ☘️ immigrants and Rangers mainly a Protestant support in west of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We have different schools and areas of Glasgow and the bigots on both sides making life unpleasant even in 2020

Most young Brits don't even know about the Troubles (it certainly wasn't taught in my school in England). I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't even know Ireland was a different country until my late teens!

I like your videos, you always want to learn more, keep doing what you do :)

The Normans were from what now Normandy in France. Then it was not France. The word Norman means Men of the North(these were grand children of Viking nobility) who ruled a very small area of Europe(Normandy). They were very powerful and grew very quickly in their power base. They navigated all the major rivers through Europe to Asia. Russia is named after them!!

As an Irish Man, we support the struggle for equality of ALL black people.

In 1970, Bernadette Devlin, the Irish civil rights leader, was given the keys of New York City. She ignored their wishes and presented the keys to the Black Panthers “as a gesture of solidarity with the black liberation and revolutionary socialist movements in America.”

Appreciate your input here on this subject man. I live in Belfast and it is a divided between catholic & protestant areas. But we have come a long way and made peace. Not your country were everything is about race making you all hate each other via MSM. Things aren't what they seem to be when you go out and speak to people and get an understanding that we all just want to live normal lives. Peace Brother!!!

technically when they say Norman comquest the english weren't involved. it was however the unsettling number of Well armed normans settling in ireland caused england to get involved...but the king was also French so I don't know where this leaves us

I am from Belfast. You mentioned that you could make nationalist areas Ireland and the other parts northern Ireland. That isn't true because most towns have both Catholic and protestant areas separated by walls

If you're even remotely interested in this period of history you should definitely watch Derry Girls

For 50 years the Loyalists ran the part of Ireland 🇮🇪 that they occupied as a Bigoted region. As for saying that the a opinion of a majority in a certain area should dictate the ownership of that area.. The British Loyalists were injected in to Ireland 🇮🇪 to give a Pro British Majority... But it failed.. In 1918 in a British legal election most people in the island of Ireland 🇮🇪 voted for a local Irish government.

Just trying to fill in some of the gaps....to be honest, Northern Ireland itself is the definition of Gerrymandering. The only reason there's any British people in Northern Ireland to begin with, is that the British Government sent thousands of their settlers there about 400 years ago to take the lands from the native owners and then make them work the land for a pittance. So like a lot of things it's a complicated situation, obviously 400 years is a significant period of time so over generations those British people have made that their home, but at the same time they're used those 400 years to try to hang onto their power and still to this day, although things are trying to become more equal, to still treat the native Irish people like second class citizens. Also, when it comes to a simple vote of whether people want to be Irish or British, it's not that simple. There has actually been an Irish majority (although slight) in Northern Ireland for a number of years, however the way the voting system is cast this doesn't really come through in the elections. Also, while people may identify as Irish, in certain areas a lot of people actually vote for British parties for economic reasons; Northern Ireland gets the most funding of any area in the UK, and rightly so, because to be brutally honest, due to British mismanagement, in lots of ways it's an economic shitshow. A lot of pragmatic people in the Irish Republic actually wouldn't like to take it back (myself included) because we know what a mess it would be (and people in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic would both have to choose to make this happen). I'm not sure about Malcolm X meeting anyone from the Republican side, it might have happened, I just never heard of it. I do know, about 100 years before this however that Frederick Douglass definitely visited and toured around Ireland.

macolm x visited Ireland, where he said communism, Islam and Irish liberation were the same struggle

Read a book called 'White Cargo' about the Irish slave trade. This time in history is virtually erased by Britain. This occurred in the 1600 and 1700's. During this time hundreds of thousands of Irish men,women and children were sent to the Caribbean and America as slaves. This history is NOT taught in British schools. There is so so much to learn about the troubled history of Ireland and the blatant rape and pillaging of a Country rich in history,art,music and much more. You will be surprised by what you read. Just like the sad history of the native Americans. 'Bury my Heart at wounded knee' was a very sad book about native Americans. Read it if you haven't already. Peace,Love and Unity.

Northern Ireland is said to have two communities - Unionists and Nationalists. Unionists are pro-UK and Nationalists are pro-unification - a bit simplistic but what the hell. After the formation of Northern Ireland following partition, the Unionists gained control in many key areas. The Nationalist communities claimed persecution and argued that they did not have equal opportunities for housing, employment, etc. In 1966 the loyalist group the UVF declared war on republicans. They bombed utility facilities in Northern Ireland and tried to blame the IRA. They also planted bombs in the RoI. As the 60's drew to a close, tensions were high and nationalist communities were regularly attacked by the RUC (Police) and loyalist gangs. During an Apprentice Boys March in Derry, stone throwing kicked off 3 days of riots. Many believe that this was the starting point for the troubles. After the Battle of the Bogside, the UK Government deployed British troops on the streets of Northern Ireland. There role was to assist the RUC with maintaining law & order, a role that they were ill-equipped to execute. The next 25+years brought mistrust, destruction and the loss of far too many lives. All sides involved were guilty of heinous crimes against innocent men, women and children. Nobody came out of the conflict in a good light and that includes the UK Government. Today families are still looking for answers as to why their loved ones fell victim to republican, loyalist and british security personnel murderers. Many will never know the truth. In other cases the guilty parties are widely known but their is a lack of desire to proceed with prosecutions. Many people blame the IRA/PIRA for the conflict - mainly British people who haven't a clue of the causes that led to the conflict. Others blame Americans for financing the PIRA. In the North itself, each community blames the other. Unfortunately no one ever seems to blame the Government, the UK Government that is. Northern Ireland was then and still is now under the control of Westminster. They were responsible for the safety of all of the people living their and not just a portion of them. They have argued that they were not aware of the extent of the issues that the nationalist communities were facing, but that was no excuse. British politicians sat back and said nothing when British Security personnel were involved in atrocities against innocent civilians - Ballymurphy, Derry, Aughnacloy, Springhill, etc.. Instead, they labelled innocent men, women and children as terrorists who were killed by british security personnel.

Bernadette Devlin the civil rights leader went to America and was given the key to New York by Mayor Lindsay. She gave it to the black panthers.

In Ireland, WW2 was called The Emergency.

Now this does put a smile on my face been waiting for this one

Love to you for learning xoxox 💚🤍🧡

Although things are always more complex, this is a pretty good overview. The lesson should be that all people deserve respect, dignity and equality of treatment. I grew up in Belfast and thought nothing of walking through armed checkpoints just to go shopping or getting stopped and searched at various points.

Ive found this idea of "if they want to leave then let them leave" interesting given that the South wasnt allowed to leave the US. (Just let the South leave problem solved right?)

Nice video I enjoyed it and I come from that area that it talks about! The graphic that the man in the video showed splitting the north into a green white and orange and a loyalist northern Ireland I think was just meant as an illustration. The demographics aren't actually in those geographical locations; it's all very mixed Catholics and Protestants are everywhere in the North and if we held a vote in every single town to remain or leave then the borders would be crazy, you would pass from the UK to the republic of Ireland and back 10 times in a 1 hour trip!

You should check out all the atrocities in UK there's hundreds. Here in Manchester we had "the massacre of peterloo". Around the napoleon's war times so named after the battle of Waterloo. St Peters Square is where it happened.

The Irish civil rights movement was inspired by and therefore connected to the American civil rights movement.

A lot of the Irish independence part of Irish history flew over my head too when I was in school compared to the troubles. Also there were a lot of parallels and connections with the black community in America with Republican communities during the troubles and “leaders” or “followers” would have met here, along with other groups such as Palestinian groups and such

Our civil rights protest were liked. We even sang we shall overcome until the ones who crossed the sea shot civilans .

I wouldn’t be surprised if Malcolm X met with Irish Republicans tbh. Stuff like that goes way back, for example, Fredrick Douglas was inspired by Daniel O’Connell and met with him on multiple occasions. Irish political movements and revolutionaries have been meeting and talking with other groups of oppressed people for a long time

Part 2! Part 2!

I think the cranberries song “zombie” is about this

You should read up on Frederick Douglass's travels to Ireland, he was held in high regard for his speeches here and in England on his experiences as a slave and his aims to gain rights for African Americans before the emancipation, he also befriended an Irish republican called Daniel O'Connell, who Douglass credits as an inspiration. We have plaques in the city's of Cork and Waterford and I think one in London England to celebrate his visits

Then Irish Catholic s and protestants moved to Liverpool in the UK, and kind of came to the conclusion that everybody has to go to work together on Monday morning and shelved the sectarian crap. We mostly argue over football here 😀

As an Irish person i really enjoyed this

Yep, check out bloody sunday

My grandparents were both northern irish, however my grandad was protestant and my nana catholic. It didn't matter to them so they decided to move to england to marry (theyd have never been able to stay in ireland) the night before they left, my grandads friends met with him to ask if he was really going to marry a catholic. When he answered yes, they beat him to a bloody pulp...his own friends...

The Normans were French, from Normandy.

They gerrymandered the boundrys . Derry had 2/3 nationalist but got 1/3 of seats. Literally some had no vote some protistants got 2 or 3

An important thing to remember is that the reason for a lot of the mistakes made by the British Army was because they were not trained to act as a police force and so didn’t know what to do. Furthermore, off-duty soldiers were often targeted so there was widespread paranoia amongst the soldiers. Feel free to call me biased (I’m English)

The Normans were from Normandy france and originally I guess Vikings

Yes, Devon, Bernadette Devlin met the Black Panthers. Google it and check her out!

Check out Bernadette Mcalisky, irish civil rights leader was given the keys to New York and went and gave them to the black Panthers

His soloution about the protestant areas be part of the uk and the catholic areas be part of ireland is so wholesome. But he probably doesnt realise northern ireland and the republic of ireland have different currencies so it couldnt work

It feels like so long waiting for Part 2.

I'm from the North of Ireland. I'm looking forward to your reaction to this video lol

You could be right about leaders of the civil rights movements in Northern Ireland and America meeting...the Catholics in Northern Ireland were heavily influenced by the the movement in the US and modelled some of the marches on the Selma Montgomery march.

Fredrick Douglass loved Ireland, and Ireland loved Fredrick Douglas

Best way to teach yourself is to come to Belfast and do the political tours of both communities, run by ex IRA volunteers and loyalist paramilitaries. Very insightful and very popular

Thanks for watching this series on this, probably the most balanced video on it. (this is coming from a Brit though)

The Normans were actually an interesting bunch. At first they were Vikings that settled in the north of France and adopted the French language and culture, then after conquering England they adopted a lot of the local Anglo-Saxon customs which eventually led to the English culture and language that still exists today It's why so many English words are similar to French words

American war for independence "The Scuffles"

Im from the north of ireland and was born in a catholic area and honestly the bullshit thats been going on has made me atheist lol. Saying that i welcome the protestant community with open arms BUT i do believe this is irish land and 100% want the north of Ireland unified with the rest of the country

The Northern State was created to have as much land as possible but with a big enough Unionist majority that they would always govern. Right of the bat there's issues, County Donegal is the most Northerly county and is in the Republic, and Ulster is 9 counties so the 6 that make up the North Eastern state are missing Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan which are in the Republic. If each county in the N. Ireland was given a vote Unionists are only in the majority in 2 counties Antrim and Down whilst Fermanagh, Derry, Tyrone and Armagh are either overwhelmingly Nationalist or a slight majority. There has also been demographic changes with the Nationalist population growing and expected to become a majority this year or in the next 2.

That's right brother in northern Ireland the Irish are the blacks and treated that way. At one time all of Ireland was under British occupation and we were the "blacks of Britain"

you cant sum up 800 year in 20mins, thanks for the video

Oh cool! Just started the video. I live in the Bogside in Derry.

Normans were french. Normandy where you stormed the beached in 44

Pt.2 please

Irish Catholics looked to the American Civil Rights Movement for inspiration and if you look you can find the Reverend Jesse Jackson talking about the sectarian Northern Ireland State and its 2 tier system. Catholics marching for civil rights had 5 aims, (1) An end to job discrimination, (2) An end to housing discrimination (3) For equal voting rights so one man, one vote (4) the end of gerrymandering so the voting power of everyone was fair and equal. (5) Reform of the heavily armed state Police and its even more sectarian quasi paramilitary 'B' Specials. (6) Repeal of the Special Powers Act which was used exclusively on Irish Catholics and which allowed searches without any warrant, it allowed arrests and imprisonments without any charges or even a trial. It allowed bans on any gathering, parade or protest and banned any publication they disliked and the act was exclusively used on Catholics for instance when the State began mass arrests and imprisonments without charge or trial, those imprisoned were 100% Catholic.

United States involvement in The Troubles would be the alleged financing of weapons acquisitiion via Noraid and Libya allegedly being a supplier of weapons.

8 mins in and I just paused it to comment, there was a huge gerrymandering problem in Northern Ireland, resulting in a protestant majority government. Honestly I'm not sure how it is today, but I know that historically, Catholics were hugely underrepresented in the NI government. If you take a look at Cogito's video on the Irish border he explains much better than I could.

Jesus. If you want to learn about Irish history, don't ask a brit.

Only thing you need to know about this video is British waffle. I.e. Ulster is not Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland is part of Ulster. That's just a tiny detail I could go on.

Easter Rising sounds pretty cool.

The similarities are striking aren't they? The long term effects of colonialism, oppression, theft and cruelty leads to generational trauma. And once that side begins to retaliate and answer back with much of the same treatment they have been dealt they are then labeled as brutes. You really see it all over the world but there has always been a strange connection that ties the Catholic Irish with African and Native Americans over the last few centuries. Irish Americans who ignore police brutality or cruel anti-immigration laws are stunningly ignorant of their own history. Hopefully you react to more about the Easter Rising - there are a few documentaries on KZfaq about it that's worth reacting to :) Also the relationship between Frederick Douglass and Daniel O'Connell is great to delve into as well.

Its a tiny island partition is partition . The beach is the border. Majority voted for total seperation 72% and they declaired our government leaders and army illegal

There's a lot of comparative history ,the history Irish people, is very much like the evolution of what was happening with minorities in the US the same times, sometimes it manifested differently from country to country but predjudice is prejudice ain't it, u know and it happens all over the world. Thats why you had people I the 70's like a woman called Bernadette Devlin, who got given the freedom of New York and they give people a golden ceremonial key , for being an activist and standing up to the UK government in Ireland, but the US government didn't realise that she wasn't the biggest fan of thiers either ,and she especially didn't like the way that they treated minorities, so as soon as they gave her this nice big trophy key to her , the next day she is on TV giving it, as a show of solidarity to the New York Black Panther party, In her own words "as a gesture of solidarity and for revolutionary movement in America". And she also said that the oppressed people over in the US who were the people that acted the mostlike the real revolutionaries that she recognised from home, were the Black people ,the Puerto Ricans and the Chicanos, because they were actually the most downtrodden of America at the time . She met the mayor Of New York, he presented her this trophy giant key to the city , she was given the key and freedom of the city, she said it was "an honour not to be sneezed at"😏😒😂 "So I took it, but I gave it to someone who deserved it,from New York "The leaders of The Black Panther Part New York chapter" So yeah it's true that the civil rights movements in the UK, Ireland and the US were around the same times or lot of events happened at once especially in the 60's and 70's Cool reaction bro keep it up 💯👊🙏✌😎

Northern Ireland cannot be split anymore, aside from the fact there are bilateral national and international treaties governing its borders, it already cannot sustain itself and costs the UK government money to fund it. if it split any more it would be completely unsustainable.

The demographics in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland change street-to-street, neighborhood to neighborhood, so a simple partition is impossible. It wouldn't be as drastic as, say, the ghastly partition of India, but even so, nobody is going to get displaced, leaving their homes, in order to keep the sides separated. Also, as others have noted, it wasn't a religious war per se.

seriously.. don't think you can just say "problem solved" dividing Northern Ireland up. How do you think it was done originally to form NI, and wtf do you do with a city like Belfast where areas are Catholic or Protestant?? Religion has to be taken out of the equation for there ever to be a United Ireland.