SEGREGATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Religious division has been a formalised feature of Irish life since the Treaty of Union in 1801
It has adversely affected the lives of Catholics since that period, restricting their rights to own property and hold public office - including the right to teach.
It was written into the newly partitioned Northern Ireland in 1922 and restricted Catholics from voting in elections
Open prejudice against Catholics kicked off the Civil Rights marches in the 1960s - the fact that the Protestant 'forces of law and order' backed the Protestant majority, leading to bloody retaliation against the marchers, led directly to 'The Troubles'.
Inter-religious Christian prejudice and violence has been the longest running active warfare on this planet.
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Jim Carroll