Describe the disadvantages faced by Catholics in Northern Ireland in the mid 1960’s

... Cassie Arbour History coursework Question 1 Describe the disadvantages faced by Catholics in Northern Ireland in the mid 1960's In the mid 1960's Protestants discriminated against Catholics in Northern Ireland. Discrimination against Catholics became a feature of Northern Ireland. Catholics were not welcomed in to government, jobs or housing. Protestants owned most of the industries and they feared that Catholics would move to where they lived and out number the Protestants. In Derry in 1966all of the city's council workers were Protestant. Out of 177 paid employees, 145 were protestant earning £124-£424 where only 32 were Catholic and only earning £20-£420. Out of 10 000 workers in the Belfast's shipyard (the biggest source of employment in the city) only 400 were Catholic. In the county Fermanagh no senior council posts were catholic and in that county out of 75 bus drivers only 7 were Catholic. The orange order encouraged Protestants to

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