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for many many years there has been conflict between the Protestents and the Catholics in Northern Ireland. The Protestants wish to be a part of the United Kingdom, while the Catholics wish to be a part of Ireland. recently a silent protest occurred when more than one thousand protesters gathered in belfast carrying large Union flags. a century old tradition of flying the Union flagg over city hall three hundred and sixty five days a year was recently reduced by Belfast's city council to eighteen days a year. what started out as peaceful turned when the protestants passed a catholic neighborhood where they threw bottles at each other resulting in skirmishes with the police.