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The previous census, in 2011, showed that while self-identified Protestants still outnumbered Catholics by 48.4 percent to 45.1 percent, they were for the first time no longer an absolute majority ...
The 2021 Northern Ireland census showed Church of Ireland membership there had dropped 2.2 per cent to 11.5 per cent of the population, from its 248,821 members in 2011.
The proportion of the resident population, which is either Catholic or brought up as Catholic, is now 45.7%, compared to 43.48% Protestant. The previous census, in 2011, found that 45.1% of the ...
A man walks past a Marian mural in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Feb. 20, 2013. Data from the 2021 census showed 45.7% of respondents identified as Catholic or were brought up Catholic, compared with ...
In Ireland, the new Muslim community to Ireland is celebrated, while Protestants have been made to feel ashamed. Picture taken on Monday March 31. Letters to editor ...
A Far-right agitator and failed election candidate who has been sharing footage of rioting that erupted in the North this week has called on ‘Catholics and Protestants’ to ‘unite against the invasion ...
I feel privileged to have the honour of helping launch the book The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History: ...
Protestants outnumbered Catholics 2-to-1, and the minority faced widespread discrimination. Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., Catholics in Northern Ireland began a campaign for equal rights in 1968.
Anti-immigrant riots began in Ballymena, but economic grievances may not be enough to explain the phenomenon. Anti-immigration protests have escalated into clashes with police in several towns in ...
With Catholics now outnumbering Protestants, the apparent raison d'être of the territory is gone. But despite the shift appearing ominous for the cause of unionism, there are also reasons to believe ...