What Were the Aims of the Nationalists in Norther Ireland

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What were the aims of the nationalists in Northern Ireland? The main aim of the nationalists was that they wanted Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to be unified as one country, Ireland. They thought that the country should not have been divided into two, and should stay the same as it was originally. They also think that the British army shouldn’t be in Ireland and so one of their aims is to get rid of it, mainly because of Bloody Sunday. They think that the army restricts their freedom and are seen as evil because they are affecting the Irish people’s lives with their presence as they are not letting them live how they want to. This is why organisations like the IRA (Irish Republican Army) bomb and attack soldiers and other British officials such as policemen. The nationalists or republicans also see Britain as a bad influence because they want to have complete control and want to change the Irish peoples perspectives on things, and so they want to be separate from the UK. Another of their main aims is to get equal rights and representations which they haven’t got because of how the power of Ireland was mainly held by unionists and William of Orange in 1690 at the Battle of the Boyne, and also how Britain is a mainly protestant country who sides with the Unionists. The Catholics (nationalists) want to be treated as well as the Protestants in Northern Ireland and not get penalised, like they do at the moment due to the penal laws in place. Even though they are being treated much better now, they still have the fear that they are getting punished for something that happened years ago, which was out of their control. They also want the whole of Ireland to have the vote because they know it will then go their way as it is Irish Catholic majority. What were the aims of the Unionists in Northern Ireland? The main aim of the unionists in Ireland is
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