The Causes of the Demonstrations Outside the Holy Cross Primary School in August 2001
It would be short-sighted to say that the causes of the Holy-Cross
Incident date back only to 1968. I believe that 1968 was just a link
in a chain of events which led up to the Holy-Cross Incident. The two
side's views have been caused by events that have happened during the
past, going back as far as the reign of Henry VIII, during the
reformation.
The Holy-Cross Incident is an example of the violence and hatred
between the Catholics and Protestants. The incident happened because
the Nationalist School is located in a staunchly loyalist enclave in
the mainly nationalist area of Ardoyne, in North Belfast. Around 100
children & their parents walked down the loyalist Ardoyne Road to get
to the main entrance of their school. Riot police armed with Perspex
shields and batons had to escort them through venom, spittle and
missiles of broken planks embedded with nails coming from the loyalist
residents of the road. The loyalists were unhappy that 'their' road
was being used by Nationalists and the Nationalists weren't using the
back entrance of the school to avoid going down 'their' road. The
reason for this protest could be just an excuse for the loyalists to
cause another conflict between the two sides or it could be a
nationalist tactic to wind up the loyalists by not using the back
entrance. Either way, the fact that children were used as a tool to
cause violence & conflict is an example of the vicious hatred between
the two sides.
The causes of the conflict can be separated into four main areas:
· Political
· Economic
· Social...
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...d Ireland has had money pumped into it as part of the EU.
Currently, the spotlight has been taken away from the conflict but has
been put on the rising numbers of racially related attacks. It is
possible that other races are becoming the new target as the people of
Ireland have been brought up amongst hatred.
To conclude, I believe that it is not accurate to say that the cause
of the Holy-Cross incident just dates back to 1968, although the
events of 1968 were the strongest link in a chain of events that led
up to the incident. This is because the events of 1968 were caused by
events that happened previous to them. The cause of the Holy-Cross
incident could be dated back as far as the reformation.
Bibliography
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'Conflict in Ireland' by Tony McAleavy
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