For centuries, Northern Irish society has been characterised by sectarianism, which has affected several different areas of social activity. It is considered an immensely destructive force that leaves behind many negative consequences. Society has been entrenched in this conflict for decades, and each year it moved further away from its potential resolution. It forced people to adapt to the sectarian social order, the consequences of which remain unknown to a non-sectarian society. Over time, the conflict has changed, and with this change, sectarian differences, divisions, and disagreements have been reproducing. This lead to a complex and multi-layered social situation that enables numerous identities and religious or political belongings to overlap. With the progression of the conflict, each identity becomes stronger which consequently leads to the peaceful co-existence of different communities to drift further away. People caught in this complex situation have to live in a divided environment, previously characterised by violence and nowadays characterised by all the consequences that the Troubles have left behind.
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