With nationalism ascendant and Catholics outnumbering Protestants, green was widely embraced, particularly since it had been ...

But the Protestants of Ireland, usually called “Scotch Irish,” take a very different view. The national apostle and founder of Irish Christianity is claimed by Irish Protestants as well as by ...

the Protestants Against Gaelic Language group is a collection of activists who oppose the “forcing” of Irish and even insist English is the “mother tongue” of Ireland. It has said the next ...

(In Northern Ireland almost 10 per cent gave no information ... 1961 and 1971 Census of Population, Protestants were more likely to be married (at each age) than Catholics. The only explanation ...

be countered by similar outrages on Protestants in the south ... [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of ...

Protestants in Northern Ireland want special arrangements to guarantee a share of power if there is a united Ireland but this is opposed by voters in the Republic. This is according to the latest ...

More than a quarter of voters from a Protestant background in Northern Ireland would absolutely “hate it” if a referendum on Irish unity was passed, according to the latest poll examining ...

The unionist population felt itself to be in a secure position of dominance in Northern Ireland society. Even the most deprived working class Protestants reckoned they were superior to Catholics.

Between 1876 and 1883 around 83 per cent of Irish immigrants came from the North of Ireland - around 25 per cent of these were Protestant. Both Catholics and Protestants had very different ...

Northern Ireland launches a space for peace. The Shankill Shared Women's Centre in Belfast is a training and drop-in centre for women and children. Many are still suffering the aftermath of the ...