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             The Industrial Revolution of the 1800's further divided the two sides because those that benefited were the British and Irish Protestants while the Catholics suffered. Protestants owned the factories and businesses, hiring mostly Protestants, leaving the Catholics without jobs. If a Catholic was lucky enough to find work, "he was paid less, and was the first to be fired." In hopes of finding work, Catholics were forced to leave their farms and head to the cities. Unfortunately, there were few jobs and good housing was far too expensive. This further separated the Protestants and Catholics, as the Catholics were forced to move into "substandard housing in neighbourhoods separate from the wealthier Protestant communities." Catholics blamed the Protestants for their poor living conditions, and Protestants were unable to identify with the Catholics and their problems because Protestants, also known as Unionists and Loyalists, were of a higher class. This segregated separation is!
             a basic root of the problem in Ireland.
             The conflicts between the Protestants and Catholics have evolved over hundreds of years. This on-going feud has been passed down from generation to generation. Children grow up hating the other side, without given a chance to form their own opinion and befriend those opposed to their parent's beliefs. Separated by a religion that is very similar in beliefs and origins, these two groups have been unable to find, simply because neither side wishes to agree to a settlement.
             The twentieth century brought the uprising of the Catholic backlash against the Protestant government. The Catholics, also known as Nationalists or Republicans, believed in a free Irish State, and were willing to do anything to achieve it. On April 24, 1916 Irish Catholics "tired to seize the city of Dublin to declare Ireland as a free republic." Their attempt, also knows as Easter Rising, failed and 15 rebels were executed fo...