A Nationalist in Northern Ireland refers to an individual who wants the political dominion of Northern Ireland leaving the United Kingdom and instead joining with the Republic of Ireland in the south.
Ireland.
break from ireland
A referendum on Irish unity will be held, when it is believed that the majority of people in Northern Ireland want such a referendum to be held (i.e. when Sinn Fein and other nationalists take the majority of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly). Talks will then be held with the British and Irish governments on holding a referendum and legislation will be introduced to allow a referendum to take place. Once that legislation has been passed the public will then vote on the legislated date on the constitutional future of Northern Ireland. At present unionists hold the majority of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. And recent public opinion polls have suggested that the majority of the Northern Ireland's (normally nationalist voting) catholic community want Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. So it is highly unlikely there will be any vote on Northern Ireland becoming part of Ireland for many years.
The troubles in Northern Ireland related to politics, not religion as is often portrayed. When it is, they mention Catholics and Protestants. There is now a power-sharing agreement between representatives of the unionist/loyalist community, mostly Protestant, and the nationalist/republican community, mostly Catholic.
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Ireland.
They were nationalist.
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Cathal McCall has written: 'Structural change and Irish nationalist identities in Northern Ireland: a postmodern perspective' 'Can equality of opportunity in employment be achieved in Northern Ireland'
Brendan Lynn has written: 'The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland 1945-1972'
Not many. They are mostly in Nationalist areas, as they would be bombed out of Loyalist areas since they are Catholic.
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The northern Ireland state was gerrymandered to give a unionist protestant majority over the nationalist catholic population of northern Ireland. If the whole of the province or nine countys of ulster had been partitioned into northern Ireland then it would have been 50 50 or in time unionists might even have been a minority.
Independence.
break from ireland
There is the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, in the northern part of Ireland. The most northern point on the island of Ireland is actually in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, as you will see at the map at the link below. Around the northern coast, is the Atlantic Ocean.
A referendum on Irish unity will be held, when it is believed that the majority of people in Northern Ireland want such a referendum to be held (i.e. when Sinn Fein and other nationalists take the majority of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly). Talks will then be held with the British and Irish governments on holding a referendum and legislation will be introduced to allow a referendum to take place. Once that legislation has been passed the public will then vote on the legislated date on the constitutional future of Northern Ireland. At present unionists hold the majority of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. And recent public opinion polls have suggested that the majority of the Northern Ireland's (normally nationalist voting) catholic community want Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. So it is highly unlikely there will be any vote on Northern Ireland becoming part of Ireland for many years.