For centuries Northern Ireland has been a battlefield ridden by war and conflict. The reasons behind this are many, but the main problems were politics, religion and discrimination. Such problems led to plenty of uprisings and revolts. Children grew up in an era where they were taught to hate their neighbors, to fear for their lives and to fight for what they believe in. It all started in 1169 when England invaded Ireland. Only for the Brits to find a population who wouldn't go down without a fight. There was a huge religious conflict between the Protestants and Catholics. The Protestants were mostly British and the Catholics were Irish. The Protestants that were moved from England and Scotland into Ireland were given the best parts of the land, and because of that the political battle also became a religious one. The most known battle between the Protestants and Catholics is the Battle of the Boyne. The battle took place in 1690 by the River Boyne and was a disaster for the Catholics. The Catholics were led by King James II of Scotland, who had to give in to the British King, William III of Orange. That's why some Protestants in Northern Ireland call themselves Orangemen. After the Battle of the Boyne most of the civil rights were taken away from the Catholics. No Catholic could be voted or be elected for Parliament, they could not join the army or the navy, nor work in any civil office, they were not allowed to have weapons, they could not study at the university, no Catholic teachers were allowed in Irish schools and no Catholic priests were allowed in the Irish churches. The fight then became a fight not only about the politics and religion, but over basic civil rights as well. Ireland is now divided into 2 parts, but the country was not divided into 2 parts until 1921. 26 counties in the south became the Irish Free State, which was still tied to Great Britain, but it had a certain freedom to rule itself. More than 90% of the po