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Originally Posted by Ithekro
Which is odd given that most of the recorded fighting has been considered the Catholic side trying to regain Northern Ireland rather than Northern Irelands trying to remain part of the United Kingdom. But that's just the media.
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That's an overly simple way to look at it. On the Catholic side it's more about civil rights. On the Protestant side it's more about fear of Catholic domination("Home Rule is Rome Rule"). Unification of Ireland was just the most obvious means for both to occur, but was not the central issue.