For any of you out there who know your Irish history, or those who don't but are interested, Belfast was faced with The Troubles, which saw sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants, Nationalists and Loyalists. The original conflict began when Northern Ireland (Where i live) was officially under British rule. Paramilitary organisations such as the IRA, UDA and UVF were formed, creating tensions between communities which led to riots and a high death toll.
For many years now, my city has been quiet. Not 100% calm, still the occasional fight and the prejudicialness which will always remain. This is until recently.
This is what has been happening this week. We are clearly back to those troubled days when two denominations of the same religion fought against eachother once more. This was no childish scuffle, no little fight. This was all the efforts of community relations gone to waste, to shame.
This is us to date this week, with the situation to get worse before it's better.
Anyone interested in Belfast history and want a discussion?
It's over religion. Or at least that's how it's masked. It's pretty much because ireland is split in two, with Northern Ireland technically belonging to the UK. Republicans are those citizens who deem themselves as "Irish" and for the majority are 99% catholic. Loyalists are those who believe themselves to be British are are 99& protestant. & that leads to the riots in the video.
well i'm from ireland (south) and protestants were unfair to Catholics but they over reacted and start killen protesants so they should have treated everybody da same
They were unfair here more so than the south liam, with gerrymandering and corruption with housing. Times had changed but now t's getting so out of hand. I was in the place where the video is on friday and it was the min 12th - jesus the fighting was unreal.
Plus the loyalists are being beyond disrespectful, they've pledged to not stay silent marching past St matthews church on the 12th July. That's just going to kick things off big time.
