Engelsk
Rettelse af lille aflevering
Dansk:
Urolighederne i Nordirland, som af mange karakteriseres som borgerkrig, kan kun forstås, hvis man kender noget til Irlands historie. I det 17. Århundrede blev tusindvis af protestanter, bl.a. mange presbyterianere fra Skotland, sendt over for at kolonisere Ulster. Kløften mellem de indfødte og kolonisterne blev større af, at de ikke havde samme religion. Irerne blev ikke blot forfulgt, fordi de var irere, men også fordi de var katolikker. Religion og politik blev fra da af nært forbundet. I 1689 flygtede den katolske konge, James II af England, til Irland for at blive beskyttet af sine irske undersåtter. Men han blev til sidst besejret af protestanterne den 12. Juli 1690 i slaget ved Boyne. Lige siden er denne dag blev fejret med stor begejstring af irske protestanter, som samles flere steder i Nordirland. Der arrangeres marcher og holdes møder, og i taler og sange understreges det, at protestanterne var og stadig er sejrherre.
Oversat til engelsk:
The disturbances in Northern Ireland, which many charactirezed as a civil war, could only be understood if you knew something about the historie of Ireland. In the 17th century thousand of protestans, many presbyterians from Scotland sent over to colonize Ulster. The gap between the native and the colonialists became bigger by the difference in their religion. The irish was not only just being persecuted because they were irish, but also because they were catholics. Religion and politic became from that day on closely related. In 1689 the last catholic king escaped, James the second of England, to Ireland to be protected by his Irish followers. But he was finally defeated by the protestans the 12 of July, 1690 in the battle by Boyne. Ever since that day has been celebated with great enthusiasm by irish protestans who gatheres multiple places in Northen Ireland. There is being organized marches and meetings and in speeches and songs it is being underlined that the protestans were and still is the victor.
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