Why Are There British People in Ireland?

[potatomahonman]

As of the last census there’s actually more catholics than protestants and the last two elections have seen neither explicitly nationalist or unionist parties win a majority of the vote

[CyberController-]

Ireland's history is the kind of thing you need to be 100% sure about before bringing up. It's a very intricate topic that many people are rightly sensitive about.

[zivkovicable]

This guy has united both communities, both agreeing that he's wrong about everything... A valuable addition to the peace process.

[Redshoes]

Not any more. Currently, 51% of population in the North of Ireland is actually Irish Catholic, making them the majority. 🙂

[shaundempsy]

The NI situation is far too complex to put in a short

[johngerard]

I have to correct you but the majority of population is not Protestant. If checked out the latest Census in 2021 you would have seen that there is 45% of the population is Catholic to 43% Protestant. This is the first time since the formation of NI that Catholics are in the majority. To say that overall population is pro unionist that vey much up for debate. A lot has changed in recent years especially since UK left the EU.

[SirAntoniousBlock]

I love the confidence of Americans even when they are factually incorrect.

[LanaDelReysBabe]

Last statement is false. Northern Ireland is now Catholic majority and the majority political party is Sinn Fein which is an Irish nationalist/socialist party that has its main goal on supporting all of the island as a single nation and state. Ireland will reunite soon

[patrickbutsmart]

The confidence whilst being incorrect is amazing

[NoRemorse]

Man got his facts from the back of a cereal box 😂

[ethiopiandonny]

Definitely one of those "Irish Americans" 😂😂😂

[syntkip]

Not "pushing the people off their land" More like Murdering the people and stealing their land.

[peterkane]

As someone who is Irish, genetically so, going back 1000's of years, I was raised as British in the UK ( northern ireland) but as ive gotten older, I see myself ss Irish. It's stupid to say Scottish farmers came over and moved the real Irish out of the North. A lot of unionists are the same as me, have Irish genetics going back many generations. The old I get, the less I care. I'm Irish.. but I will have whatever passport I have to avoid bloodshed again. I don't care. Patriotism is something the rich use to get young lads to butcher each other. In Ireland, be whatever you want...Live and let live.

[benlonghurst]

Catholics are actually the largest group in Northern Ireland now. I wouldn't say most people in Northern Ireland are unionists, although the majority to support remaining as part of the United Kingdom, it is more for pragmatic reasons, rather than ideological reasons.

[karlbassett]

A huge number of these settlers from Scotland were not "sent" by King James in any plan to secure Ireland but were MacGregors forced out of Scotland after a war with the Campbell clan. James even banned the name MacGregor. They had to flee to escape persecution and death and many went to Ireland.

[Lordengland]

This is what happens when Harry Potter gets an American education

[harry]

Actually the majority is pro nationalism right now and Sinn Fein (Irish party) has the most seats

[whydoesthisevenexist]

As a brit: Short answer.
The Northern Irelanders have both British and Irish nationalities.

[Felixxxxxxxxx]

I used to date a girl who was protestant and her family lived on both sides of the border. Most of them wanted a united Ireland. Recently many northern Irish people are atheists and there are more Catholics than Protestants in Northern Ireland. When I lived there most people were not that interested in whatever country Northern Ireland should belong to, to many that question was just not that interesting.

[aidanoleary]

People of Catholic background now out number Protestants in Northern Ireland.