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> Northern Irish sectarianism? Unfortunately for sectarists in Northern Ireland, catholics have more children there. A quick glance at the declared religion by
by brmgb 6y ago
> Northern Irish sectarianism?
Unfortunately for sectarists in Northern Ireland, catholics have more children there. A quick glance at the declared religion by age will tell you all you need to know. Catholics will soon outnumber protestants in Northern Irland. From there unification seems unavoidable.
- peteretep 6y ago> will soon I feel like I’ve been hearing this for most of the last 40 years and it’s still not come to pass.
- brmgb 6y agoAt the 1981 census, there were 900000 protestants for 400000 catholics. At the 2011 one 752000 protestants for 738000 catholics. One curve is steadily going up while the other trends down.
- galvin 6y agoOutside of the population changes the republicans also seem to be gaining popular support for their progressive agenda. Their positions on issues like marriage equality and women's rights make them more aligned with younger voters than the unionists. For those who are not familiar, in the Irish context republicans are republican in the sense that they want to reunify the Republic of Ireland, unlike the US GOP they are largely democratic socialist.