An example of this in my own town was the four main Linen producing factories. They were all English owned and the conditions and wages paid to the employees was simply slavery.I have no doubt this was the same in other parts of the U.K. The only difference we had was Catholics worked the looms and the protestants worked in the offices.And when it came to the elections, catholics were not allowed to vote. The factory owner got the votes of the number of catholics he employed ! We must remember both traditions fought the English together in the 1798 rebellion. A wise man said then, "The Irish get on well when they have a common enemy".