Ulster Protestant, the organ for "active" Protestants: "The increase in the Catholic population since 1913 is 200 per cent." Leben. The Cityside itself has grown very quickly in the past 20 years, mainly in a northerly direction. All I boast is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State. This is a list of districts in Northern Ireland by religion or religion brought up in. Viscount Craigavon PC, PC (NI) (* 8. A quote from Craigavon: ""The hon. They still boast of Southern Ireland being a Catholic State. Instead, they became a new target for local bigots, as this exclusive interview reveals. It was designated as a New Town in 1965 and named after James Craig (1871–1940), the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, whose title was Viscount Craigavon. They still boast of Southern Ireland being a Catholic State. If the Catholics in Northern Ireland are growing in numbers, it is certainly no proof of papal domination nor of any planned policy on the part of the Church. They felt that they were the victims of several injustices, committed by Protestants. Stronger colours indicate greater predominance of either Catholics (blue) or Protestants (red). James Craig, 1. Religion in Northern Ireland. Most Catholic managed schools cater for a very small number of Protestant children. Masked Youths. James Craig wurde 1871 in der Ost-Belfaster Vorstadt Sydenham als Sohn einer wohlhabenden Brennerei-Familie geboren, die ihr Geld mit Whiskey verdiente. I am an Orangeman first and a politician and member of this parliament [Stormont] afterwards. James Craig[]The hon. Two years ago, a quiet, religiously devout family set up home in a predominantly Protestant area of Craigavon, County Armagh. The Prime Minister, Lord Craigavon, had once declared, ‘Ours is a Protestant government and I am an Orangeman.’ Under such a regime, Catholics felt like second class citizens. Viscount Craigavon PC, PC (NI) (* 8. One such church heavily implicated in ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ is the Emmanuel Church in the Craigavon area. The leaflet carried no signature and claimed that thirty Orangemen and a small band consisting of some elderly musicians and young children had "intimidated" the people of Coalisland, 97.5% of whom are Roman Catholics. Below the age of 20, however, Catholics begin to outnumber Protestants. It is an overtly ecumenical event for which the Roman Catholic Church is fully on board, so much so they have devised ‘Novenas’ to accompany the festival. "It is frightfully hard to explain to Protestants that if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house. All I boast is that we are a Protestant parliament and a Protestant state”. When a Muslim family moved to the province they hoped to side-step the troubles between Catholics and Protestants. Looking to move back to Belfast but the only reasonably priced houses/apartments I can find close to areas I'd be working are Unionist/Protestant areas (flags, murals, painted curbs etc.). For some purposes, Lurgan is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area" along with neighbouring Craigavon and Portadown. November 1940 in Glencraig, County Down) war ein bekennender Unionist, Vorsitzender der Ulster Unionist Party und erster Premierminister von Nordirland. Abstract ‘All that I boast of is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a State’. There are slightly more Protestant than Catholic farmers (51 per cent to 49 per cent), but a higher proportion of Catholics work on the land (15 per cent to 11 per cent). James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940) was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.. Sourced []. The graph shows that while around 80% of Craigavon's old people are Protestant, this proportion reduces with age, eventually reaching approximate parity at some ages between 20 and 40. Table 1 RELIGIONS OF THE POPULATION 1861 -1991. I've been living in England for 4 years now and recently graduated. This speech is often misquoted as: "A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People", or "A Protestant State for a Protestant People". However, 35% of the pupils attending St Columbanus' College in Bangor in County Down last year were Protestant. In the 1930s a cross-community class politics existed, as Seán Mitchell’s book elucidates Poor housing and lack of economic development contributed to the migration of Protestants from Derry’s west bank in the 1970s, according to a new report. Protestants and the very many Roman Catholics in the town of Coalisland. More than 10,000 Protestants took part in the march, called to demand an end to the Catholic areas in Londonderry that are effectively barred to soldiers and the police. Sir James Craig, Unionist Party, then Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 24 April 1934. 1 This quotation from a parliamentary speech by Northern Ireland’s first Prime Minister, James Craig, Viscount Craigavon, sums up the essence of Northern Ireland as it existed between its foundation in June 1921 and the suspension of its parliament in March 1972. . As talks take place to save Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, youth workers and politicians claim Catholic and Protestant groups are turning to social networking sites to organise violence. Member must remember that in the South they boasted of a Catholic State. On 10 March 2009, the CIRA claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of a PSNI officer in Craigavon, County Armagh—the first police fatality in Northern Ireland since 1998. Craigavon Protestant Boys Flute Band marching through Lurgan at the start of the night at their own parade held in the Co. Armagh town on Saturday 05/05/18. Northern Ireland House of Commons Official Report, Vol 34 col 1095. Januar 1871 in Belfast; † 24. Catholic Protestant and Other Christian No religion/ Not stated 14,900 people 0.8% of usual residents 0.5 percentage point increase Other religions. Craigavon is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, consisting mainly of residential development. The Roman Catholic Church’s decree, backed by the Courts, that children in mixed marriages must be brought up as Roman Catholics, created “social and cultural apartheid” which “more often than not, heralded the end of the line for Protestant families”. It also offended potential Catholic residents that the place was named after Lord Craigavon (1871-1940), first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, who sought "a Protestant parliament for a Protestant people". Viscount Craigavon PC, PC (NI) (* 8. — James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. Typically, the Protestant population in the north were loyal to the British empire and saw themselves as British, not Irish. Protestants in Northern Ireland often hold parades on July 12 to mark the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, in which the Protestant King William defeated the Catholic King James. Only a small area near the city walls, known as the Fountain, contains a community of Protestants. Viscount Craigavon PC (* 8. Alright guys, I'm looking a bit of help here. But if a Roman Catholic is jobless, and lives in the most ghastly hovel, he will rear eighteen children on National Assistance. They still boast of Southern Ireland being a Catholic State. They still boast of southern Ireland being a Catholic state. Catholics either leave the land altogether or tend to be the poorer farmers. Protestants tend to farm the better land and are buying up the small farms. Seventy years ago this week, James Craig, Lord Craigavon, prime minister of Northern Ireland, died at his Belfast home. they will live like Protestants because they will see neighbours with cars and television sets; they will refuse to have eighteen children. ... dass Irland eine Catholic nation sei: “I have always said I am an Orangeman first and a politician and Member of this Parliament afterwards … The Hon. Member must remember that in the South they boasted of a Catholic State. 45.57% Protestant. Unfortunately Craigavon allowed himself to be affected by these statements when he should have ignored them and he said in parliament in April 1934: “In the South, they boast of a Catholic state. James Craig, 1. November 1940 in Glencraig, County Down) war ein bekennender Unionist, Vorsitzender der Ulster Unionist Party und erster Premierminister von Nordirland. NI Catholics called the state schools "protestant" schools because they were the schools established by a state that proudly declared itself to be a Protestant state. When Belfast’s Catholics and Protestants rioted together. Any issue with catholic moving into protestant area? Craigavon % Northern Ireland % Catholic 85,770 43.0% 817,385 45.1% Protestant and Other Christian 103,315 51.7% 875,717 48.4% Other 1,590 0.8% 16,592 0.9% None 9,018 4.5% 101,169 5.6% Total 199,693 100.0% 1,810,863 100.0% Table 5 – Religion or Religion Brought Up In for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon and Northern Ireland. Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related) 895,377 53.12 42,656 52.87 Other Religions and philosophies 6,569 0.38 373 0.46 None 45,909 2.72 1,600 1.98 ¹ The term Catholic includes those respondents who gave their religion as Catholic or Roman Catholic. 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