Northern Ireland

>>1456449
N Irishman here, not sure if you got any replies on /pol/ but I'll give some insight and answer your questions as best I can
>bad blood
Yes, the communities are normally self segregated, with mixed communities normally being middle class, wealthier areas where they simply don't bother caring.
I know a couple of Protestants (I'm Catholic) and they're nice people, but I could never hang around in a group with them, I simply don't belong there.
Likewise I tend to avoid walking through Protestant areas because our communities are so tight knit, they'll know I'm a Catholic because I'm a stranger, and I could be jumped.
>is peace going to hold
If by peace you mean no significant warfare then yes. However the two communities are still at odds, there plenty of programmes to bring them together and while most people don't care enough to resort to violence anymore, there is still quite a sizeable portion of our population that will harass you if you're in the wrong area
>why did they vote stay for brexit
Northern Ireland now has a Catholic majority thanks to the well known phenomenon of irish birthrates. The Irish Catholics voted stay (I did not) because the Protestants voted leave, that is the kind of political atmosphere we have here. If one side those X then the other must do the opposite, or else you're one of them.

Feel free to ask any questions you might have

>>1456547
Actually, NI as a whole isn't Catholic majority (yet). Only the counties Antrim and Down still have Protestant majorities though.

>>1456547
No replies from /pol/, so thanks for your answers, I really appreciate it.

I was wondering what role religion plays there anymore. I was reading a book by Derbyshire that mentioned that Church attendance (which used to be really high, apparently) has really gone down all across Ireland; I am guessing it means the same thing for North Ireland, too.

>>1457192
Unfortunately yes, church attendance in both communities has dropped, though not nearly as much as the rest of the West.

Religion plays a small role desu, it's more a clash of cultures, politics and peoples.
The Irish Catholics overwhelmingly make up the bulk of Nationalist (Sinn Fein) voters (here in NI our nationalist are socialists and pro immigration it's very strange) whilst the Protestants community makes up the majority of Loyalist (DUP, UUP) voters (staying in UK, British identity etc.)
Now it's worth pointing out that this is majorly identity politics, Catholics are not specifically socialist but they vote for the Irish party because that's part of their identity.

It's basically a
>this land is Irish and we want independence
>this land is British and we want the Union