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key toN.Ireland-Part of the United Kingdomwhether a lasting peace can final-The men and wo-Northern Ireland,also known asly come to the 1.7 million people ofmen of the IrishUlster,has for decades been a divi-Northern Ireland.Republican Army (IRA)are hardThe IRA,by refusing to surren-sion of the United Kingdom of Greatpeople.Their characters have beenBritain(England,Scotland andder its arns by a specifie date,hasWales)and Northern Ireland.Forshaped by years of violence bornput Northern Ireland's peaceof centuries of hate.And now inhundreds of years,Great Britainprocess in jeopardy and the futuretheir battle-scarred,and oftenruled the entire island of Ireland.of the province in doubt.(See map on page 4.)But in the  \nINSIDE:THREE-RINGED DEBATE  \nBITTER HISTORY  \nMost Protestants inNorthern Ireland today aredescendants of English andScottish Protestants whowere given land in what isnow Northern Ireland by theEnglish Protestant KingJames Iin 1603.James Iseized the land from Catholicsand gave it to Protestants.  \ncontinued from page 1  \nEaster Monday Rebellion of1916,armed rebels,who hadformed the Irish RepublicanArmy,took up arms againstBritish rule.In 1922,in the faceof constant armed opposition,Britain agreed to let the Irishvote for independence,countyby county.The 23 mainlyRoman Catholic counties in thesouth and west voted to formthe Irish Republic,with its cap·italat Dublin.  \nProtestant militants inNorthern Ireland callthemselves Orangemen afterWilliam of Orange (below).William of Orange was theProtestant English KingWilliam ⅢI,who defeated  \nH  \nSinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is greeted by Good Fridayagreement profesters as he leaves Queens University inBelfast,Northern Ireland.  \nIn the six counties in thenortheast,however,the mainly  \nGood Friday Agreement  \nProtestant population voted to createNorthern Ireland and to stay a part of Great  \nCatholic forces at the Battle ofthe Boyne,northwest of  \nIn 1998,a ray of hope pierced the years ofdarkness.Protestant and Catholic leadersagreed to a peace settlement that would givebroad powers to a joint Catholic-ProtestantNorthern Ireland parliament and rulingcouncil to run affairs in Northern Ireland.Itseemed that peace might come to the war-In 1968,Northern Ireland'storm land.Gerry Adams,the leader of SinnCatholics,who had been treatedFein,the political branch of the IRA,andas second-class citizens in aDavid Trimble,the Ulster UnionistProtestant-dominated society,(Protestant)leader,shook hands and agreedbegan a protest that turnedto abide by the pact,known as the Goodincreasingly violent.The IRAFriday agreement.and its supporters vowed to endVoters in Northern Ireland and in theBritish rule and unite all ofIrish Republic approved the accord,andIreland.Branches of the IRA began a serieselections to the parliament were held.Lateof assassinations and terror bombings.last year,Britain handed over all powers toProtestant extremists responded in kind,                     vowing never to leave the protection ofBritish rule.  \nBritain.Today,two-thirds ofNorthern Ireland's population isProtestant,and one-third isRoman Catholic.  \nDublin,in 1690.Eachyear,Protestants inNorthern Ireland hold amarch to commemoratethe Battle of the Boyne.The march winds throughCatholic neighborhoods inBelfast and has led toviolence more than once.  \n'The Troubles'  \nWell-known Irishrock musicians haveworked on-and offstageto promote peace inNorthern Ireland.In 1998,as peace talks seemed to becoming unraveled,the rockband U2 was giving a concertin Belfast.During a breakfrom the music,U2's Bonopersuaded a Catholic politicalleader and a Protestantpolitical leader to come onstagewith the band.Bono held thetwo leaders'hands aloft tothe cheers of rock fans.Bono'sgesture is credited by manywith keeping the NortherIreland peace talks on track.  \nFrom Northern Ireland's capital,Belfast,to the smallest 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