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Topic | How come Ireland and n Ireland dont get along? |
Too_Many_Limes 06/22/21 1:51:16 AM #10: | skermac posted... why do irish peop in the north side with the British? I would notFor many of them, their roots lie in Scotland and Northern England, not Ireland. After England conquered Ireland, they started establishing plantations as a means of exerting greater control and suppressing the local culture. This was particularly done in Ulster, which was considered the most 'Irish' of the provinces. English-speaking Protestant loyalists were brought in to settle on confiscated land. Now, hundreds of years later, you have a cultural divide. --- Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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