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             For centuries there has been conflict in Northern Ireland.
             between Irish Catholics and the Irish Protestants still continues to this .
             day. In this assessment I am going to examine why soldiers were sent into .
             Ireland in 1969.
             Between 1921 and the mid 1960s Catholics in Northern Ireland faced many .
             problems. After the War Of Independence, in 1919, the country of Ireland was .
             divided into two parts; The North, here there was a large Protestant .
             Majority, each of the six Ulster counties had their own parliament and their .
             own government. The South, largely occupied by Irish Catholics, most opposed .
             the idea of dividing Ireland. But in 1921 a group of Sinn Fein, and IRA .
             members signed an treaty with the British, accepting the division of .
             Ireland. This was when what's known as 'Northern Ireland' was created, .
             dominated by Protestants. However, Catholics had wanted a united and .
             Independent Ireland, so resentment grew. "After partition, it was hardline .
             Unionists who held power in the North, they were determined to keep Ulster .
             British and Protestant. They tended to see all Northern Catholics as .
             possible traitors. As a result Catholics were discriminated against" (1).
             In the 1930s there was a worldwide economic depression, due to the 'Wall .
             Street Crash' in America. Both Irish Catholics and Protestants were affected .
             very seriously, the economic depression lasted 20 years.
             Irish Catholics faced another problem, when it came round to election time, .
             most Catholics would probably vote a Catholic representative to speak on .
             behalf of the Catholic people, however, Protestants 'fixed' the elections to .
             favour the Protestants, it was made sure that no Catholics could be voted .
             into Parliament to speak up for their fellow people. This was known as .
             'Gerrymandering', the process by which constituency boundaries were redrawn .
             to favour the Protestant population. The Unionists controlled the Catholic .
             areas, this was a huge disadvantage to the Catholic people, they had no .