Conflict in N. Ireland

Conflict in Northern Ireland Introduction The union of church and state, economic highs and lows, and nationalism are all global issues that affect different areas of the world in different ways. Protestants and Catholics have been fighting in Northern Ireland since the early 1900s and possibly even before that. While the two religious groups seem to be the main parties in the dispute, nationalism has played a very large role in the conflict between Northern …

…these things within their own country. Two countries fighting for control of the territory became a religious dispute that has had an extremely negative effect on all of Ireland since the 1600s. Hopefully, Northern Ireland will see a day in which there is peace and a strong economy. For now they will simply have to struggle to overcome the global effects of worldwide issues and try to maintain the neutral atmosphere within their own island.