Northern Ireland

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Location of Northern Ireland
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Location of Northern Ireland
This flag is sometimes used to represent Northern Ireland, although mostly by Unionists
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This flag is sometimes used to represent Northern Ireland, although mostly by Unionists

Northern Ireland is a region of the United Kingdom. It is part of an island in Western Europe called Ireland that it shares with the Republic of Ireland. The capital is Belfast.

[edit] People

Northern Ireland has had many conflicts between some of the people who live there. Unionists who are mostly Protestants want Northern Ireland to stay part of the United Kingdom. Nationalists who are mostly Catholics want Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and have the whole island united as one country. There are more Unionists than Nationalists at the moment.

Sometimes people use other names for Northern Ireland. Unionists sometimes call it "Ulster" but this is not really correct as three counties of Ulster are in the Republic of Ireland. Nationalists sometimes call it "the north" or "the six counties" which is to make it sound like a part of a united Ireland, not the United Kingdom.

[edit] Belfast Agreement

Since the Belfast Agreement, (sometimes called the Good Friday Agreement) of Friday, 10 April 1998, there has been mainly peace between the two sides of the community. This agreement was agreed by a majority of people in Northern Ireland and also the Republic of Ireland. It allows for self-government and makes clear the right of the people of Northern Ireland to decide their future.

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