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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Ria Pathak

Why Is Northern Ireland Part of the UK? Partition, the Troubles and Today's United Ireland Debate

Frontier between the United Kingdom and the European Union: the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. (Credit: Image via Wikimedia Commons)

The debate over Northern Ireland's future is back in focus after US President Donald Trump said during a visit to Ireland that he would 'love' to see Irish reunification.

The remarks have renewed questions over why Northern Ireland remains part of the UK and how that could change. The answer stretches from partition in 1920 and 1921 and the Troubles to the Good Friday Agreement, which gives voters the ultimate say over its constitutional future.

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