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Originally posted by ktsnake
Wasn't the point of the IRA to take Ireland back from the Protestants? Weren't they bombing Protestant targets? Correct me if I'm wrong here, you're a fellow citizen of the Commonwealth with them, so what was it?...
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The problem in Ireland has less to do with Catholic vs. Protestant and more to do with England vs. Ireland. The Irish want the English to give up their control of Northern Ireland. The English happen to be majority protestant.