are holding the hotheads on both sides more or less in check. Still, it's marching season and clashes happen, usually drunken donnybrooks.

All you have to do is look at murals on buildings to know the tension is just under the surface.

Most people, while loyal to their own sort and not crossing too many lines with actual friendship, are caught in the middle when the violence starts.

'intergroup contact' work between Catholics and Protestants.

According to her, the situation is far better than in the past, when there was an ever-present threat of violence. However, it is true that the groups don't mix much for the most part, and still tend to regard each other with suspicion. The religious segregation of the school system there probably doesn't help much. Certainly better than 20 years ago, however.