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Originally Posted by Superbelt
It STARTED with the Protestants punishing the Irish for remaining Catholic
So it started as a religious issue. There were other parts to it, but it wouldn't have even started without the religious aspect.
(Protestants colonizing Irish Catholic owned land)
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IIRC, the Irish/English conflict started before the protestant reformation reached the British Isles. Hasn't there been conflict over N. Ireland since the 1200's?
True, that wasn't the IRA, but the IRA is an extension of the same conflicts.