[MeOnTheBeach]

Christian denominations have not done a lot of “slaughtering” of one another since the middle of the seventeenth century.

Although armed hostilities between Catholics and Protestants largely subsided after the 1921 agreement, violence erupted again in the late 1960s; bloody riots broke out in Londonderry in 1968 and in Londonderry and Belfast in 1969. British troops were brought in to restore order, but the conflict intensified as the IRA and Protestant paramilitary groups carried out bombings and other acts of terrorism. This continuing conflict, which lingered into the 1990s, became known as "the Troubles." Despite efforts to bring about a resolution to the conflict during the 1970s and 80s, terrorist violence was still a problem in the early 90s and British troops remained in full force. More than 3,000 people have died as a result of the strife in Northern Ireland.

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[Fiji Hill]

More than 3,000 people have died as a result of the strife in Northern Ireland.

Ireland is an area I overlooked. But 3,000 killed in 45 years hardly compares to, say, the Fourth Crusade, when fighting between Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians killed tens of thousands.

[ansel12]

Whatever that deal in Ireland is, it is more like Chicago than “slaughtering” in a war between Christians.

[Cronos]

The Irish conflict is not a simple religious matter, well, most of the Catholic-Protestant wars weren't either but the Irish one in particular wasn't so simple

Irish Protestants, even those of Norman etc. descent who felt Irish were Irish patriots

The Irish didn't get enticed by the Anglican Church because it was too English-centric and didn't get enticed by the austerity of the Scottish Presbyterians, but their main "enemy" for a long time was the English and by extension the Anglican Church.

The English then imported Scots into Belfast and then the focus changed to being Scots versus Irish

This was apparent even in Glasgow which had a strict football sectarian divide (Catholics for the Celtics, Protestants for the Rangers) but when the Celtics hired Protestants from the continent or the Rangers hired Catholics from the continent, these were embraced by those teams