EMERGENCY!!!!
What has been the root cause of conflict in Ireland over the past 300 years?
a.the people of Northern Ireland wanting home rule

b.differences between the Protestant minority and Catholic majority

c.Great Britain granting independence to Northern Ireland

d.the Great Potato Famine, causing the Irish to rebel against Great Britain

This issue dates back to 1171 when England invaded Ireland. The arrival of the English in this area will cause far-reaching problems that have remained unsolved until today with catastrophic consequences.
“Historically, the Irish problem has had three basic stages. Central to the first phase were Anglo-Irish relations and Ireland's endeavor to secure independence from England and later Britain.
The second stage is the division of the Irish island into two parts (the Free State of Ireland), which in 1949 became the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. By the end of this phase, the emphasis was on the relationship between the two newly created political-territorial entities.
The third, contemporary stage is the relationship between the two entities in Northern Ireland, the Protestant or Unionist / Loyalist and the Catholic.
It is also worth pointing out that the Unification Act (1800) was never accepted by most Irish people. The desire of the Irish to create self-government on the one hand and the policy of settling the English and Scottish populations in the territory of Ireland from Great Britain on the other led to the first conflicts and divisions among the population. These divisions were primarily expressed in the north of the island in the old historic province of Ulster.

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