The North is the last spot on Irish soil now that upholds the ban on abortion.
The teachers in Irish (Republic) primary school used to read the stories of Cúchulainn in class too; he was the legendary hero who fought for Ulster against Connacht after their infamous cattle raids on the northern province, and Connacht’s Queen Medhbh (or Maeve) was always cast as a Jezebel-like villain in those stories.