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How football fuels sectarianism in Scotland

March 19, 2015

Over the years millions of Irish have emigrated and they've taken their heritage with them. But that heritage has at times clashed with the local one in their new homes. Scotland has a sizeable Irish Diaspora and sectarianism still divides the Irish Catholics and Protestant Scots. That divide is particularly visible on the soccer pitch when two clubs in Glasgow meet. Peter Geoghegan reports.

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