What did the Troubles and Good Friday Agreement result in?
When the people thought that the parties of Ireland had finally agreed to end the battling nations,
the Good Friday Agreement let many hardships continue to occur.
the Good Friday Agreement let many hardships continue to occur.
Child stands next to armed soldier, Belfast, 1981
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Soldiers stand guard in front of a crowd of protesters, 1993
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Children rummage through debris, Belfast, 1978
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DiscriminationSince the paramilitaries were deployed by either side, the soldiers were bound to be biased. The IRA (Ireland Republican Army) was sided with the Catholic Nationalists, while the UUP (Ulster Unionist Party) was sided with the Protestant Unionists. This lead to the both sides being stereotyped and being discriminated by the paramilitaries because of their religion. The Catholics had a very hard time, because there were more parties and paramilitaries that were against them.
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TurmoilThe Catholics of Northern Ireland felt inferior before the Troubles; even some of the lowest class protestants thought of themselves as greater than the Catholics. But this changed when the Catholics were a part of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. They fought for the equality between religions and to not be discriminated as the 'lower class' even when they were better off than some protestants. Unfortunately, many Catholics still were uncertain of their future, some paramilitaries even brutalizing them because of their class in some cities.
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