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Segregation in Northern Ireland
Sociopolitical division between Irish republicans and unionists / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Segregation in Northern Ireland is a long-running issue in the political and social history of Northern Ireland. The segregation involves Northern Ireland's two main voting blocs—Irish nationalist/republicans (mainly Roman Catholic) and British unionist/loyalist (mainly Protestant). It is often seen as both a cause and effect of the "Troubles".
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A combination of political, religious and social differences plus the threat of intercommunal tensions and violence has led to widespread self-segregation of the two communities. Catholics and Protestants lead largely separate lives in a situation that some have dubbed "self-imposed apartheid".[1]