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An analysis of home rule in Ireland and its ramifications on Catholics and Protestants. The paper considers the history of English-Irish relations, the long Irish struggle for independence and the role of the IRA.

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"The history of Irish-English relations is fraught with conflicts, misunderstandings and outright war. Irish Catholics sought independence from the British Crown for centuries. An early example of the vitriolic relations between the Catholic majority in Ireland and England was the Nine Years War, when the Ulster lords rebelled against the crown and fought a bloody conflict which menaced the very survival of English rule in Ireland. The English prevailed in this war but in reaction to the uprising, they imposed draconian measures..."

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