stewart_weir
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- Mar 19, 2017
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Where did you get that from?
NI has always been part of the UK and has always been British. The religious divide was created by Protestants settling from the mainland. That’s why Catholics are in a minority in the province.
What an odd comment....
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No NI has not "always been part of the UK". The UK is a political union that was created in 'recent' history. NI was populated by protestants from the early 1600s. Geographically NI has no relation to England. Catholics are just edging ahead in terms of majority. The last census in 2011 put the Protestant population at 48%, just 3% more than Catholics at 45%. More recent figures from 2016 show that among those of working age 44% are now Catholic and 40% Protestant.