Editing Ghetto (section)

==== In Northern Ireland ====
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In [[Northern Ireland]], towns and cities have long been [[Segregation in Northern Ireland|segregated along ethnic, religious and political lines]]. The two main communities of Northern Ireland are:

# the [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]]-[[Irish republicanism|republican]] community, who mainly self-identify as [[Irish people|Irish]] or [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]; and
# the [[Unionism in Ireland|unionist]]-[[Ulster loyalism|loyalist]] community, who mainly self-identify as [[British people|British]] or [[Protestantism in Ireland|Protestant]].

Ghettos emerged in [[Belfast]] during the [[riot]]s that accompanied the [[Irish War of Independence]]. For safety, people fled to areas where their community was the majority. Many more ghettos emerged after the [[1969 Northern Ireland riots|1969 riots]] and beginning of the "[[The Troubles|Troubles]]." In August 1969 the [[British Army]] was deployed to restore order and separate the two sides. The government built barriers called "[[peace lines]]." Many of the ghettos came under the control of [[paramilitary|paramilitaries]] such as the (republican) [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] and the (loyalist) [[Ulster Defence Association]]. One of the most notable ghettos was [[Free Derry]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-31 |title=History Battle of the Bogside |url=http://www.museumoffreederry.org/history-battle01.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731031114/http://www.museumoffreederry.org/history-battle01.html |archive-date=2015-07-31 |access-date=2017-04-17 |website=The Museum of Free Derry}}</ref>