Why did the troubles start in northern Ireland and Ireland?

Question

I want a little summary of how the troubles were caused.

Answer 1

Check out the website below.  Has a short and to-the-point description.

Answer 2

It was not, and is not, just about 'Religion,' which seems to be the answer most people use, as they don't know any more about it. There were lots of reasons as to why the troubles started. Civil Rights movement, general unrest, occupational rule etc. It is stupid to say that it is simply about religion, and that every other factor involved in the troubles can be traced back to religion, if you took that attitude for every war/times of trouble, then you could reason that anything is, in some distantly linked, irrelavent way, caused by religion.

Also the comment about potatoes is not even funny its just an exceptionally old stereotype. Theres more info here :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_trouble...

Answer 3

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=con...

Answer 4

To put it really really simply it was about the Irish and British both wanting to control Ireland

It wasn't religion completely although that played a part it was about two different nationalities, currencies, languages and general culture that were each trying to be dominant over the other and neither wanting to give in

Answer 5

Oh No!!!

google it!

Answer 6

A little summary? Again, try wikipedia. And do your own bloody homework, you lazy little gurrier.

Answer 7

read here http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/swerner/radi...

here http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/mili...

here http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/his...

this http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countrie...

all of this http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ire...

and this http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/irel...

and you might understand about 1% of why the troubles in northern ireland came to be

Answer 8

religion..... always seems to be religion throughout world.  In this case protestant against catholic

after you look it up,  tell me if it wasn't based over religion....

Of course other things factored.....  occupational rule?-  by certain people of a certain faith?  Pushing others out????

Civil unrest?  about what?  The price of potatoes?