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Southern Ireland has a Catholic majority, while Great Britain had a Protestant majority. This is also the historic reason that the six counties of Northern Ireland did not become part of the Irish republic, because they have a large Protestant population.

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The main reason southern Ireland wanted to be independent from great Britain was religion. The people of Ireland were and are Catholic. At this point in time Great Britain was Protestant and had little tolerance for Catholicism.

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Why did the Irish want to be Independant?

Most people want to able to decide or influence their own fates. Choose their own leaders, etc.

I'm assuming the question refers to independence from Britain. The Irish people were oppressed - forbidden from playing our sports, speaking our language, and from being educated. They were treated as second class citizens and so rebelled.

I hope one day to see a united Ireland, free of British rule.

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The British were lsoing too much manpower and pouring too much money into a country that detested their presence and finally had the the power and nationalistic backing to attempt a proper war against britian.

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The Irish people did not want to break away from the British Isles. The British Isles is a geographical entity. It is a group of islands consisting of the two large islands, Britain and Ireland, and many other much smaller islands. Ireland cannot break away from that.

What the Irish wanted to break away from was British rule. Any country in the world wants its independence. Ireland is no different, so naturally Ireland wanted to break away from British rule.

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