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27/04/2005
Polarisation of identity still prevalent in NI says survey
A new study has revealed that polarisation on questions of identity and constitutional preference between the Catholic/nationalist and Protestant/unionist traditions in Northern Ireland has not significantly reduced since the Good Friday Agreement.
The findings, which are published in a new book entitled ‘Conflict and Consensus’, were unveiled on Wednesday during a seminar in Belfast entitled 'Religious Affiliation and Identity in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland'.
Other findings in the survey showed:
"This study shows that religion is still a source of deep division in identity and constitutional preferences on the island of Ireland,” she said.
(MB/SP)
The findings, which are published in a new book entitled ‘Conflict and Consensus’, were unveiled on Wednesday during a seminar in Belfast entitled 'Religious Affiliation and Identity in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland'.
Other findings in the survey showed:
- Increased secularisation weakened the role of religion as a marker of identity in Northern Ireland;
- In the Republic of Ireland, in contrast, both Catholics and Protestants align themselves with an Irish identity, and Protestants now stand apart from the unionist tradition;
- In Northern Ireland, there are significant minorities on both sides of the Protestant-Catholic divide who have middle-ground identities such as ‘Northern Irish’ or ‘neither British nor Irish’. However, cross-over identities are rare.
"This study shows that religion is still a source of deep division in identity and constitutional preferences on the island of Ireland,” she said.
(MB/SP)
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