Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 20

Thread: Catholics 'feel alienated' from UK

  1. #1
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Last Online
    04-24-2014 @ 09:54 PM
    Ethnicity
    None
    Country
    Vatican
    Politics
    Counter-Revolution
    Religion
    Counter-Reformation
    Gender
    Posts
    9,557
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 2,410
    Given: 813

    0 Not allowed!

    Default Catholics 'feel alienated' from UK



    Northern Ireland Catholics feel alienated from the United Kingdom but do not feel a united Ireland is a realistic prospect, a new academic survey has revealed.

    The number of people believing Irish unity is very unlikely has now risen to 41%, with fewer Catholics than Protestants expecting it.

    The study also highlighted a significant drop in the number of people wishing to remain in the UK - down from 72% to 63% since 2010 - the lowest since devolution in 2007 especially among Catholics.

    Duncan Morrow, of the University of Ulster, said: "These results confirm that the hybrid nature of Northern Ireland as a shared space sharply and persistently divided over questions of national identity is unchanged.

    "However, this does not translate into a similar division over constitutional status, where there is little evidence of any strong desire for Irish unity at present."

    The findings were recorded in the annual Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey carried out by the University of Ulster and Queen's University of Belfast (QUB).

    It found a marked rise in the percentage of people describing their national identity as Irish - up from 26% in 2010 to 32% in 2012. But the proportion of people who said they were Northern Irish had fallen from a historic high of 29% three years ago to 22% in 2012.

    This included a significant drop in the number of Catholics calling themselves Northern Irish, which was down from 26% to 17% - the lowest in more than a decade. There has been a jump in the percentage of Protestants calling themselves British from 60% to 68%.

    The annual survey records public attitudes to a wide range of social issues and is aimed at providing insights into the changing nature of Northern Ireland politics and society.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Completely understandable. Protestants show their true allegiance.

    My sympathy for the Irish

  2. #2
    taking a break. Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"


    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Last Online
    @
    Ethnicity
    Lurker
    Country
    United States
    Region
    New York City
    Gender
    Posts
    12,217
    Blog Entries
    2
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 6,120
    Given: 2,371

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Oh, you're British, eh?

    Great Britain is that other island over there... feel free.

    Solidarity with my Catholic brothers.
    [img]http://************.com/uploads/ignore2.jpg[/img]

    Ah, per fortuna un uomo può sognare... un uomo può sognare.

  3. #3
    Veteran Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Last Online
    11-11-2013 @ 01:26 PM
    Ethnicity
    .
    Country
    United States
    Gender
    Posts
    4,675
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 272
    Given: 132

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Baluarte View Post
    [IMG]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Completely understandable. Protestants show their true allegiance.

    My sympathy for the Irish
    Irish is an ethnicity, not a religious denomination.

  4. #4
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Last Online
    04-24-2014 @ 09:54 PM
    Ethnicity
    None
    Country
    Vatican
    Politics
    Counter-Revolution
    Religion
    Counter-Reformation
    Gender
    Posts
    9,557
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 2,410
    Given: 813

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Read the article and get some context.

  5. #5
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Last Online
    04-24-2014 @ 09:54 PM
    Ethnicity
    None
    Country
    Vatican
    Politics
    Counter-Revolution
    Religion
    Counter-Reformation
    Gender
    Posts
    9,557
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 2,410
    Given: 813

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    I suppose that since the very term "Irish" is related to the free Republic of Ireland and its mostly Catholic people, they find it easier to show allegiance to Westminster, the source of Anglicanism.

  6. #6
    Veteran Member Hurrem sultana's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Last Online
    03-02-2022 @ 11:47 PM
    Meta-Ethnicity
    thracian
    Ethnicity
    bosniak
    Ancestry
    european
    Country
    Bosnia
    Taxonomy
    european
    Politics
    non
    Religion
    islam
    Age
    22
    Gender
    Posts
    13,383
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 1,053
    Given: 235

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    No catholics in north Europe
    None in the heavens or on earth, except God, knows what is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment).

  7. #7
    taking a break. Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"


    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Last Online
    @
    Ethnicity
    Lurker
    Country
    United States
    Region
    New York City
    Gender
    Posts
    12,217
    Blog Entries
    2
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 6,120
    Given: 2,371

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    No Muhammadans in Europe.
    [img]http://************.com/uploads/ignore2.jpg[/img]

    Ah, per fortuna un uomo può sognare... un uomo può sognare.

  8. #8
    Veteran Member RussiaPrussia's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Last Online
    08-22-2015 @ 08:28 AM
    Location
    EUSSR
    Meta-Ethnicity
    Finno-Slavic, Germanic
    Ethnicity
    Swiss-German, Russian
    Country
    Russia
    Politics
    Anti America, Anti Islam, Anti EU, Sovereign democracy, Globalism, Russian Patriotism
    Religion
    Russia
    Gender
    Posts
    10,927
    Blog Entries
    3
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 3,683
    Given: 4,085

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Catholics complaining...

  9. #9
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Last Online
    04-24-2014 @ 09:54 PM
    Ethnicity
    None
    Country
    Vatican
    Politics
    Counter-Revolution
    Religion
    Counter-Reformation
    Gender
    Posts
    9,557
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 2,410
    Given: 813

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by alfieb View Post
    No Muhammadans in Europe.
    All remember Sigurd I Magnusson, called Sigurd the Crusader, the Norwegian King that took his military host across Europe, fighting Islam at every turn.



    Ah the old days, where refugees and crocodile tearing asylum-seekers wouldn't sway the Christian spirit of Old Europe.

    "After this they came to a castle in Muslim Al-Andalus called Sintra (Sintre - present day Sintra, Portugal, probably referring to Colares which is closer to the sea). They took the castle, and killed every man there as they had refused to be christened. Further they sailed to Lisbon, a "half Christian and half heathen" city, said to be the division between Christian and Muslim Iberia. There they won their third battle, and acquired great treasures."

    "They were warmly welcomed, and Baldwin rode together with Sigurd to the river Jordan, and back again to Jerusalem.
    The Norwegians were given much treasures and relics, including a splinter off the True Cross that allegedly Jesus himself had been crucified on. This was given on the condition that they would continue to promote Christianity and bring the relic to the burial site of St. Olaf.

    Later Sigurd returned to his ships at Acre, and when king Baldwin were going to the heathen (i.e. Muslim) town of Sidon (Sætt) in Syria (Sýrland) Sigurd and his men accompanied him in the siege. The town was then taken and subsequently the Lordship of Sidon established."


    Those days when the North still served the Faith.

  10. #10
    Novichok
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    British Isles
    Meta-Ethnicity
    Germanic
    Ethnicity
    Boer
    Ancestry
    Dutch, German, French Huguenot, British
    Country
    Great Britain
    Region
    Essex
    Y-DNA
    E-V13
    mtDNA
    H1b
    Taxonomy
    Norid
    Politics
    Godly
    Hero
    Jesus, the King of Kings
    Religion
    Christian
    Gender
    Posts
    60,942
    Blog Entries
    71
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 44,917
    Given: 44,995

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Hurrem sultana View Post
    No catholics in north Europe
    ^ This
    Help support Apricity by making a donation

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Hebrew Catholics Follow Their Own Church.
    By Teyrn in forum Christianity
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 02-05-2013, 09:15 AM
  2. Catholics/Cristians/Ortodox who have more in common
    By Bobby Six Killer in forum Off-topic
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 01-30-2012, 07:08 PM
  3. Replies: 2
    Last Post: 09-19-2010, 05:55 PM
  4. Catholics: Most Holy Family Monastery
    By Sol Invictus in forum Christianity
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 10-15-2009, 05:17 PM
  5. Do Catholics and Mohammedans worship the same God?
    By Murphy in forum Christianity
    Replies: 98
    Last Post: 09-30-2009, 03:46 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •