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Bloody sunday

Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday became a touchstone in the Irish civil rights movement because it provoked a rise in IRA membership and rekindled the violence known too long in Ireland as The Troubles.
Ireland has had centuries of mistrust and conflict and is divided into two countries, Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland. Unionists mainly come from the Protestant community. Which is the population of Northern Ireland. They wish to retain the links with Great Britain and the crown as belief that the United Kingdom offers better social services and opportunities for economic development. Unionists are opposed to the Catholic community, as they fear that they would dominate an al l- Ireland state and that their beliefs would be ignored.
Nationalists are mainly drawn from the minority catholic community. They hope that Ireland will be united and independent of Britain. They feel that British control in Ireland has held back their economy and that they are treated like a colony. Th...

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