tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post1698751841998074151..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : It has come down to a choice: No Brexit or Brexit with No DealUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-11219891481796872682019-10-09T21:05:49.459+03:002019-10-09T21:05:49.459+03:00It is the saddest story ever told.It is the saddest story ever told.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-853333200056400822019-10-09T10:40:12.055+03:002019-10-09T10:40:12.055+03:00What is important is that culturally the Republic ...<em>What is important is that culturally the Republic is no longer Catholic and that Catholics in the North still increase as a proportion of the population and may overtake Protestants.</em><br /><br />Are the Protestants in Ireland still Christian in any meaningful sense?<br /><br />Europeans seem to be looking forward to their future as rootless cosmopolitans, with no ethnic identity, no religion and no culture (well they'll have American culture which is pretty much the same as having no culture). Within a generation I can't imagine the Irish northern or southern caring about the ethnic differences. <br /><br />It's very depressing.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-68890614544861099922019-10-09T06:57:03.913+03:002019-10-09T06:57:03.913+03:00In the 2011 census for the first time, the proport...In the 2011 census for the first time, the proportion of the population declaring themselves as Protestant or brought up Protestant fell below 50 per cent and only two of the six counties, Antrim and Down, now have clear Protestant majorities” and only one – Lisburn – of its five cities. According to a report this year “Within a decade, Belfast will almost certainly have a Catholic majority” and majority Protestant Northern Ireland “is now restricted to the suburban area surrounding Belfast.”Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-48551247023669513562019-10-09T06:48:55.970+03:002019-10-09T06:48:55.970+03:00The Catholic-Protestant divide is an ethnic one mo...The Catholic-Protestant divide is an ethnic one more than a religious one. I remember telling someone at university that you cannot understand the history of N Ireland unless you understand the history of Eastern Europe, in those days an obscure part of the world to Cambridge men. I meant it is two ethnic groups living side by side and unhappily which is the background to Eastern Europe until it was tidied up in a Procrustean way.<br /><br />What is important is that culturally the Republic is no longer Catholic and that Catholics in the North still increase as a proportion of the population and may overtake Protestants.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-48563867111359836332019-10-08T23:24:13.958+03:002019-10-08T23:24:13.958+03:00Given that Ireland is now a post-Christian nation ...Given that Ireland is now a post-Christian nation so the Catholic-Protestant divide is no longer relevant isn't likely that within a generation Ireland will be unified? So maybe it's not worth people's while fussing so much about the Irish border thing.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-53242526680132304552019-10-08T21:39:30.237+03:002019-10-08T21:39:30.237+03:00AHHH I see all the more reason for Ireland to beco...AHHH I see all the more reason for Ireland to become one united country ... that has nothing to do with Britain... <br />danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098013107295961824noreply@blogger.com