Catholics in Northern Ireland
1. Source A indicates the problems Catholics in Northern Ireland had
finding jobs in the 1960's. It says, "The big employers were privately run
companies" who could easily be "anti-Catholic" and gives the example
of the Belfast shipyard which was the biggest source of employment in
the city which out of 10,000 workers only employed 400 Catholics. This
shows even the biggest companies were anti-Catholic. Source A also
gives the example of Fermanagh, a County with more Catholics than
Protestants, whose council filled 322 out of 370 posts with
Protestants. Which shows that anti-catholic prejudice was not only
true in privately owned companies but also in government jobs. In
fact, one of the "most sought after jobs" in Fermanagh, being a school
bus driver was taken up by 68 Protestants and just 7 Catholics.
2. Sources B, C and D go very far to suggest there was anti-Catholic
prejudice in Northern Ireland. Source B, which is a reliable source as
it is based upon the census, states "unemployment is experienced at a
much higher level by Roman Catholics than by Protestants" and
"industries which had the highest weekly wage in 1971" were
"predominantly Protestant". This is clear evidence of anti-Catholic
prejudice.
Source C gives clear figures showing anti-Catholic prejudice from
employers. It shows that out of 9,000 workers at Harland and Wolff
only 500 were Catholic and at Sirocco out of 400 workers none were
Catholic. It also indicates 3 more employers with very small
percentages of Catholic workers. However, this source is not as
reliable because the source could easily be biased. For example,
Catholics may run the magazine or the writer might want to use the
most shocking evidence to make a better read.
Source D is a quote from a former player-manager of Linfield football
club, he says " If you're a Linfield scout and you see a lad who's
good, the second or third question is "what school do you go to son"
and if it's saint something, then all of a sudden the boy isn't good
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