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The Segregation of ireIreland has a very conflicted history. Just when that history may seem to take a minute for the better, it seems that there is always another event to keep the trend of depression ongoing. The separation of the Protestant and Catholic Church would be the center of these events. However, the two dissimilar groups could potentially work together for the betterment of the nation. Through an analysis of why Protestants and Catholics split in the first place, disadvantages that Catholics would face in the coming years and withal how these disadvantages were lifted, an argument exit be developed in that there is perhaps the chance that they may end up working together in the future for the betterment of Ireland. Although these two groups would fight over the countless decades, they need to join into one entity if they wish to see a better future for Ireland.The traces of the split sack up be seen nearly five hundred years ago during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century. During King henry VIIIs rule, Henry had wanted a divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to marry Anne Boleyn. When the Pope would refuse to allow a divorce between Catherine and Henry, Henry would decide to start his hold church so that he could be in a position of power to proceed with the divorce. This church would become the Church of England. Through this radical live on away from the social norm, Henry VIII would be remembered as a man who would go to great lengths to get what he wanted. This break would also point the beginning of the Protestant Reformation across Europe. This event marks the first time that two groups are seen as a national friend and opponent recognition. As Bartlett notes, By the 1570s loyal and disloyal ... ...ehind leaders such as Wolf Tone, pledging their support in the form of the United Irishmen. dismantle though the 1798 Uprising would ultimately fail, this milestone in Irish history had the other citizens of Ireland that the Catholics were willing to lay aside their past differences for the betterment of their nation. This begs the question that will they continue to work together in the future. Based off the past evidence, Protestants and Catholics have little to lose in assisting each other and having Ireland progress into a nation that is one unified completely. What needs to happen though is that each side has to lay out the terms with no outside influence. There gage be no ambiguous statements surrounding these terms and officials have to free of bias, as much as a person can be, to effectively salve equal terms that ensure economic progress and religious tolerance.