Why is the Irish Republican Army so angry with the Brittish people and ruling class?
Here’s a little of the history of it: Irish nationalism has historically been pre-occupied with Ireland’s relationship with Britain. It has also been concerned with the historical oppression of Catholics, who are identified as the native Irish people, by Protestants, who are identified with the British presence in Ireland. However, the ideology of Irish nationalism and particularly Irish republicanism has always expressed the view that it is not hostile to Protestantism or Protestants in Ireland as such and that it recognizes them as fellow Irishmen. Ireland has been subject to varying degrees of rule from England since the late 12th century. The Gaelic Irish resisted this conquest through military and other means, but were organized in small independent lordships and did not have a common political goal such as an independent Irish state. Conflict over the English presence was exacerbated by the Protestant Reformation in England, which introduced a religious element to the 16th centur
