1.   The Protestant majority in Ulster wished to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the province of Northern Ireland has so remained.

2.   And London and Dublin have guaranteed that no change in the status of Northern Ireland will be made without the consent of the Protestant majority in a referendum.

3.   Both prime ministers emphasized that the Protestant majority would have a veto over any proposal at three levels -- through their politicians, through Parliament and by popular referendum.

4.   Adams says he cannot approve a council under tight control of the Protestant majority.

5.   But she emphasized that no agreement would involve changes in the political status of Northern Ireland opposed by its Protestant majority.

6.   During the antebellum period, the Protestant majority thought monks and nuns were agents of the pope sent to the New World for sinister Vatican schemes.

7.   Even if the referendum passes as expected, it may not have a convincing Protestant majority, and dissenters can wreck the new assembly from the inside.

8.   He added that he trusted Blair to deal fairly with both the Catholic minority and the Protestant majority in this British province.

9.   Heaney has dealt with Northern Ireland in his work and acknowledges that his point of view supports Roman Catholic charges of harsh discrimination by the Protestant majority.

10.   If current conversion rates continue, some parts of Latin America may boast Protestant majorities.