N.Ireland soccer mob beats Catholic man to death »
Posted By smithichie 6 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsMilitant Protestant supporters of a Scottish soccer team beat to death a Roman Catholic man in the latest sign of how sports rivalries inspire sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland, police and politicians said Monday.
Witnesses said more than 20 Protestant supporters of Glasgow Rangers, many of them wearing the team's blue-and-white jerseys and scarves, drove into a Catholic district of the town of Coleraine after Rangers clinched the Scottish Premier League championship Sunday.
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Of course, we'll make no mention of how the protestants came to Ireland, or why.
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The British offered Anglicans Irish land, free, if they would colonize Northern Ireland. It was part of the English domination of the country. This is at the root of the troubles, not religious differences.
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