Eight hundred years ago, the Norman English wandered into Ireland. Then they decided to take over and make it a colony.

Centuries later, the British divided the country into two sections. The Northern section of Ireland (Ulster), which is part of the United Kingdom, has been the site of vicious clashes between Protestant British and Catholic Irish.

The towns of Northern Ireland

The Two Parts of Ireland

The Irish have never forgiven the British for this.

If that doesn't immediately clear everything up for you, go here.

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