As discussed in the text, the root of the conflict in Northern Ireland is tension between
a. the British and the Irish.
b. Catholics and Protestants.
c. two ethnic nationalities, the Irish and the Ulster-Scots.
d. two subnationalities, the Scottish and the Irish.
ANSWER:
c
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