Question

explain any 3 reasons for the conflicts between the Catholics and the protestants in northern ireland

Answer 1

The main reason was the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.Unionists wanted it to remain the part of UK as they were mostly Protestants and considered themselves British

The nationalist were mainly Irish and thus wanted to be a part of Ireland

Religious difference also became one of the reason for conflict as they were Catholic and wanted to be a part of catholic nation

The employment opportunities were very low for the Catholics as compare to the protestants, as most of the business owners were protestants