and regulations of the Catholic church". Because of this semi-British identity of Northern Irish people, the British decided to partition the island of Ireland into two parts. The Catholic south became an independent Ireland and the Northern Ireland became a part of Great Britain. But the partition satisfied neither side. Professor Paul Arthur who teaches politics at the university of Ulster and has been actively involved in the politics of Northern Ireland explains the reason behind the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in the Ireland in this way: Before the partition, most of the Irish Nationalists were about to accept the separation of North Ireland from the rest of the island because they were believing in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny: God had made Ireland and island which was meant to be united and someday it would be united. At the same time, the Sinn Fein which was an Irish Republican Party with an objective of ending British rule in Ireland and creating the unity and independence of Ireland
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