‘The Old Divide’: A History of Sectarianism in Scotland
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Sectarianism has been a blight on modern Scotland. Today, it is blamed on the lower orders, particularly football fans. Sectarianism like other forms of racism, however, originates at the top of society and travels down the ladder. It is intertwined with Scotland’s role in subjugating Ireland and began as a reaction to the mass migration of Irish people fleeing the Great Famine. Today, Glasgow hosts more Orange Order marches than Belfast. Chris Bambery argues these marches are about territorial control and, in Ireland, have a bloody history extending to today. Although we do not live in the 1930s, sectarianism remains.