Experiences Of Protestant Irish

Question 1

Work

Answer 1

• higher skilled and paid than catholics Eg Boilermakers
• took apprenticeships from Catholic Irish
• coal mining and iron making in Lanarkshire

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

• Assimilated better than Catholics
• Easier to assimilate due to shared religion, language, beliefs
• Many also had ancestors from Scotland.

Question 3

Scot’s Reactions

Answer 3

-Faced less prejudice than catholics

Question 4

Housing

Answer 4

• Higher quality working class homes in shipbuilding districts such as Patrick and Govan

Question 5

Identity

Answer 5

• Orange orders were founded by Protestant Irish
• Central to their community, offering relief, weddings celebrated in orange halls etc.
• Loyal to Queen, while catholics loyal to Pope.
• supported teams like Rangers football club
• sectarian violence on match days against Celtic
• banned from orange marches for a decade in Lanarkshire after attacked by catholics.