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# Northern Ireland
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Around 420 BC the Bishop Saint Patric converted most of the Pagan Ireland to Catholicism.
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In 1604 King Henry VIII conquered the entirety of Ireland.
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Because Ireland was still mostly Catholics who now lived under the protestant rule of England there were frequent rebellions happening.
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Due to this England decided to relocate catholic farmers to Ireland. This did only really work in Northern Ireland where small presbyterian counties were formed.
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Presbyterianism has its roots in Protestantism.
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Around 1800 the British conquered the entirety of Ireland and united it with England, forming the United Kingdom.
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During the great famine of 1840 millions of people died and millions emigrated.
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Ireland was split into northern and southern Ireland in 1920.
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Southern Ireland became the Irish Free State, or what we know as Ireland today.
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Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
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During 1966 the conflicts in the North between Pro-British Protestants and Pro-Irish Catholics escalated into what we now call the Troubles. This period lasted until the 1990, in 1998 both sides negotiated the "Good Friday Agreement".
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Ireland joined the EU together with England and Denmark in 1997.
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During the Brexit in 2016 Northern Ireland and Scotland voted no with a slight majority.
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This caused the unification talks between Ireland and Northern Ireland to gain traction again.
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The protestants want to be part of the United Kingdom and the Catholics want to be independent.
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