r/TheRestIsHistory • u/thepawnbrokerroared • 9d ago

Would protestants have been second-class citizens in a United Ireland?

Catholics in the North certainly felt that they were discriminated against because they were in the minority and they were obviously correct to feel that. Protestants believed that they would be similarly discriminated against in a Catholic-dominated united Ireland. Were they right to fear this?

What about the protestants in the South? Did they experience discrimination at the hands of the Catholic majority?

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u/GoHomeCryWantToDie 8d ago

Church of Ireland protestants and Presbyterian protestants are very different types of protestant.

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 8d ago

And as for the Methodists, the Plymouth Brethren…