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What are the main differces between protestants and catholics in Northern Ireland?
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∙ 11y ago
Their differences are their religious culture.
Catholics are often nationalists in that they want Ireland to become one state
Protestants are often unionists in that they want to remain apart of the United Kingdom.
Catholics believe that the English monarch who are protestant oppressed them
Protestants have the same religion as the monarch and therefore believe that the the British monarch is good.
Catholics see the Pope as head of their church
Protestants see the Queen as head of their church. However many protestants prefer to call the Queen as leader of their church with God being the head of the Church.
Catholics see the tri-colour flag as their flag
Protestants see the union flag as their flag
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThere are both religious and ethnic differences between the Irish Catholics and the Irish Protestants. At the time England colonized Ireland, centuries ago, they brought Scottish Protestants into Ireland, who then became the Irish Protestants. The Irish Catholics are descended from a population that was in Ireland long before the arrival of the Protestants. In terms of religion, Protestantism and Catholicism differ primarily in that Catholicism is a religion that owes its loyalty to the Pope, whereas Protestantism does not owe loyalty to the Pope and is fragmented into a variety of branches, some of which have their own religious leaders (such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the head of the Anglican Church) and some of which have no overall leader, just local leaders (Baptists, for example). Irish Protestants are primarily Anglicans.
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∙ 9y agoThey go to different churches. Most Protestants have an allegiance to Britain. Most Catholics don't. Protestants and Catholics have different cultural interests. Protestants would not have interest in Irish music, the Irish language and the sports Gaelic Football and Hurling, which Catholics would for example. They go to different schools. As people and in day to day life, they have a lot in common, as do all people in they have to live, work, eat, raise children etc.
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∙ 14y agoThe Church of Ireland is Protestant, while the Catholic church is Catholic.
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What are Catholics in Northern Ireland?
Generally Catholics are regarded as being in the Republic of Ireland and Protestants in Northern Ireland, but there are Catholics and Protestants in all parts. Protestants are the majority in Northern Ireland and Catholics are the majority in the Republic of Ireland.
What part of Ireland did the catholics live in?
Catholics live all over Ireland, as do Protestants. Northern Ireland is known for having a greater number of Protestants than other parts of Ireland, but there are lots of Catholics there too and lots of Protestants in other parts of Ireland.
What two groups are antagonists in northern Ireland?
The Catholics and the Protestants
What are the percentages of the religions of northern Ireland?
i believe it is protestants and catholics
The predominant struggle in Northern Ireland is between the .?
protestants and roman Catholics
Characterized by clashes between Catholics and Protestants in this northern country?
Ireland
How do Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland view their region differently?
Catholics usually want to be part of the Republic of Ireland and Protestants want to remain in the United Kingdom.
What two religions divide the republic of Ireland from northern Ireland?
Religions do not divide Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland. What you are referring to is the fact that most people in the Republic of Ireland are Catholic and most people in Northern Ireland are Protestant. There are also a large amount of Protestants in the Republic of Ireland and a large amount of Catholics in Northern Ireland.
How many catholics and protestants dies in the troubles in northern Ireland?
There are approximately 738,033 Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland. This is about 40.8 percent of the population. There are about 752,555 Protestants. They make up about 41.6 percent of the population.
What were the ethnicities involved in the northern Ireland conflict?
Northern Ireland was another religious fight. This time it was between the Protestants and the Catholics.
Is the conflict in northern Ireland between Muslims and Jews?
No, it is between Protestants and Catholics.
