Name: 貝爾法斯特和最好的北愛爾蘭 (Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:37:00.000Z
Duration: 26 min 9 s
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STAY WITH US AS WE EXPLORE THE BEST OF NORTHERN IRELAND.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, NO TRIP TO IRELAND IS REALLY COMPLETE

AND WE'LL CHECK OUT SOME POWERFUL POLITICAL SIGHTS.

NORTHERN IRELAND COMES WITH THE SAME FRIENDLY PEOPLE

YOU'D EXPECT TO FIND ANYWHERE ON THE EMERALD ISLE,

WE'LL TOUR BUSTLING BELFAST, SNEAK A PEAK

AT ITS MORE POLITICIZED  SECTARIAN NEIGHBORHOODS,

WE'LL SCRAMBLE OVER  SOME SIX-SIDED GEOLOGY,

AND STOMP OUR FEET TO SOME  TRADITIONAL MUSIC.

NORTHERN IRELAND IS PART  OF A GROUP OF ISLANDS

AND PART OF A POLITICAL ENTITY CALLED THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THE NORTHERN REGION  IS ALSO CALLED ULSTER.

AND ENJOY ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE ANTRIM COAST.

HERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND SIGHT-SEEING MAKES MORE SENSE

ALL OF IRELAND WAS ONCE RULED BY BRITAIN.

BUT THE IRISH DIDN'T ASSIMILATE QUITE ACCORDING TO PLAN.

WHILE BRITAIN WAS PROTESTANT, MOST OF THE IRISH WERE CATHOLIC,

TO HELP BOLSTER ITS CONTROL, LONDON PLANTED SETTLERS,

PROTESTANT SETTLERS MOSTLY FROM SCOTLAND.

THE DOMINANT ETHNIC GROUP IN NORTH IRELAND TODAY.

BUT CENTURIES OF BRITISH RULE LED TO STRIFE.

MOST OF IRELAND BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY,

BUT THE NORTH, WITH ITS PROTESTANT MAJORITY,

AND THE ISLAND REMAINS DIVIDED TO THIS DAY.

SEVERAL THOUSAND A YEAR  DURING MARCHING SEASON,

FILL THE STREETS  WITH SECTARIAN PAGEANTRY.

WHILE 90% OF THESE PARADE  THROUGH PROTESTANT TOWNS

AND ARE, THEREFORE, PEACEFUL,  A FEW ARE ANTAGONISTIC,

MARCHING THROUGH CATHOLIC  TOWNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

FAR MORE POLITICAL  THAN YOUR AVERAGE PARADE,

THESE ARE LIKE PEP RALLIES  FOR THE CAUSE

TO SHARE THEIR POLITICAL  PASSIONS WITH THEIR KIDS.

SO THEIR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IS UNIONIST.

ORANGE IS THE TEAM COLOR AND THE UNION JACK IS ITS FLAG.

THEIR COLOR IS GREEN AND  THEY FLY THE IRISH FLAG.

IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, THERE'S NO QUESTION,

BUT HERE IN THE PROTESTANT DOMINATED NORTH,

THE CATHOLICS, WITH OVER A THIRD OF THE POPULATION,

PROTESTANTS EMPLOYED POLICIES WHICH WERE TOUGH ON CATHOLICS.

THIS ESCALATED TENSIONS WHICH LED TO THE TROUBLES,

THANKFULLY, REAL PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE HAS BEEN MADE RECENTLY

AND, WHILE YOU STILL DON'T WANT TO SING PROTESTANT SONGS

IN A CATHOLIC PUB LIKE THIS, OR VICE VERSA,

NORTHERN IRELAND HAS BECOME A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT.

BELFAST, JUST A COUPLE HOURS  NORTH OF DUBLIN,

IT WAS ONLY A VILLAGE IN THE 17th CENTURY.

BUT WITH THE INFLUX OF  SCOTTISH AND ENGLISH SETTLERS