RIGHT FIRST AND FOREMOST ALL YOU PLASTIC PADDIES DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE DISPUTED 6 COUNTIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP ON THE SUBTLE USE OF AN INCENDIARY LINGUISTIC DEVICE I HAVE INSERTED IN THIS SENTENCE, AND ONLY THOSE WHO PICK UP ON SAID SHIBBOLETH ARE IMMUNE TO THE 5 MINUTE WARNING - BUT THE REST OF YOUS HAS TO GET OYT!
now having cleared away some of the dross, anyone who knows anything about the historic political divide between those in Ulster who know in the very core of their being that they are British, and those who know in the very core of their being that they are Irish, has not always been aligned with their religious practice
to put in simply, the original Unionists who wanted to remain part of the Union with Britain were practising Roman Catholics, and conversely, the Protestants were minded toward a Free State or Republic of Ireland
then all of a sudden around 150yrs ago that all got swapped around; and it was the Protestants who sided with Unionism, and the Roman Catholics adhered to Irish Nationalism
there are many reasons for this, such as the posture of the British Government toward Ireland and Roman Catholicism, and the manipulation of narrative by local politicians
but all that to say, Politicians are not above exploiting religious zeal for their agenda - conflating a sense of national heritage and a desire to preserve it, with the work of the Kingdom of God - and this culminated into a dirty, dirty war in this country that saw thousands murdered and disappeared, with Governments in both Britain and Eire colluding with paramilitary organisations which saw the conflict escalate hopelessly while making a lot of money and political capital for those who kept it spinning
and while it may all seem like the distant past to many of you wee fellas who never got caught in a bomb blast or had armed men break through the front door, this country has been ravaged by a satanic conflict masquerading as religious piety, and the wounds will not be healed for generations