More revealing than the religious findings were the results on national identity in Northern Ireland
But as the figures have been released and disseminated today, people have assumed that because there are now more Catholics than Protestants hanging around in Northern Ireland, partition is doomed and reunification is imminent. Obviously this misses the nuance and the bigger picture, as political opinions on Twitter are wont to do.
The statement, though baldly sectarian and xenophobic, is powerful in that it sums up the conflation of politics and religion that has come to define Ireland, both before and after partition. It goes without saying that the timing is significant. Questions about the union and the continued existence of Northern Ireland have been swirling since Brexit, since the 100th anniversary of partition in 2021, and since Sinn Féin became the biggest party on both sides of the border.
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