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This 12 page paper looks at the conflict in Nirthern Ireland from a cultural perspective, looking at the way in which the religious divide was an essential cultural divide. The way religion was used, how it influenced the communities and the cultural differences between the Catholic and Protestant communities is examined. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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which this conflict, which saw the deaths of more than 3,600 people is perceived can be seen as one that reflects different cultural ideals (Simpson, 2008). With two different groups
of people, with highly divergent perspectives concerning the national identity, religious identity and personal values living in the same space, without the ability to agree, hindered by generations of fragmentation,
it is a conflict which may be argued as highly cultural, where the many differences between the two groups of people degenerated into violence.
Tonge (2001) frames the issue in the context of competing national identities; Ruane and Todd (1996) frame it in the context of religious differences. In realityu we may assert
that these different frameworks can be seen as resulting in very similar approaches, it is the cultural differences between the two dominant groups in Northern Ireland and their disagreement over
the future of the 6 counties which were partitioned to the United Kingdom. The views on the place of Ulster, or Northern Ireland, in terms of potential unification are the
core element of the conflict. When considering the delineation of the groups, those who wanted a unified Ireland, and those who wanted Ulster to belong to the United Kingdom can
be broadly aligned with their religious associations (Tonge, 2001). In Northern Ireland the majority of citizens perceive their national identity as being British, while a minority perceived their identity
as Irish (Tonge, 2001). The majority of citizens in Northern Ireland are Protestant, and those who support British rule of the United Kingdom, and wish to retain the existing government
structures are Unionists. The minority in Northern Ireland are Catholic; however when it is remembered that the majority of people in Ireland as a whole are Roman Catholic the greater
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