Amity and enmity : variety in Ulster protestant culture

Ulster Protestant attitudes to, for example, history, religion or territory, have been portrayed by scholars as full of animosity towards Catholics. In fact, Protestant culture, like any other, is enabling, giving people the ability to act in whatever manner seems appropriate. This paper explores the fact that, throughout Ulster's Troubles, there has been cooperation as well as conflict between the ethnic groups and that this flexibility reflects itself in the culture available to Protestants.