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The Causes of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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- 1The Causes of the Troubles in Northern IrelandProtestants
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Compromise - 2ProtestantsPolitics -
Elections were often rigged so that Catholics were excluded from power.
Gerrymandering - rigging of political boundaries
Only property owners were allowed to vote - therefore favoring the rich (mostly unionists)
Some Catholics felt oppressed by the unionist dominated RUC and B-Specials - 3Didn'tDepression of the 1930's -
the worldwide depression caused severe hardship
Catholic & Protestant workers protested against unemployment & poverty
The alarmed government promised jobs to Protestants only
Workers unity soon gave way to sectarian (religious) divisions
Riots broke out between Catholic and Protestant workers - 4WantWar years -
Northern Ireland was not neutral, therefore was bombed
War improved the N. Irish economy with work available in the shipyards and cotton mills
However discrimination against Catholics continued under Sir Basil Brooke (N.I. Prime Minister) - 5Terence'sPrime Minister of N. I.
Terence O'Neill - 1963-69
Tried to build the N. I. economy
Wanted to improve relations with Catholics and the Republic
Encouraged the formation of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
Hard-line unionists were furious with O'Neill saying it was a "betrayal of Ulster"
This was led by Rev. Ian Paisley (Loyalist) - 6CompremiseCivil rights movement -
1967 the NICRA was established
Led by John Hume, Gerry Fitt & Bernadette Devlin
Their aims: fair share of jobs & council houses for Catholics, end to Gerrymandering and One person one vote system instead of property owners only system
1968 & 1969 - RUC and Loyalists led brutal attacks on NICRA marches in Derry
O'Neill resigned in April 1969 - N.I. slipped rapidly towards violent sectarian confrontations
The troubles had begun.
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