The IRA never even pretended to be dedicated to religion though.

We get it. England and the EPL sucks. Germany and the Bundesliga is amazing. You’re a broken record.

Well, yeah, I guess. It’s always portrayed abroad as some Catholic vs. Protestant thing. It was a nationalist vs. unionist, Ireland vs. Britain thing.

They were/are more anti-British imperialism than anti-protestant. The British just happen to be protestant.