title: Anti-Catholic riots
text: # Anti-Catholic riots
  
  Anti-Catholic riots were a phenomenon, particularly in the English speaking world, which tended to accompany the lifting of legal sanctions against the Catholic minority in these countries. Examples included:
  
  * Philadelphia Anti-Catholic Riots
  * Bath, Maine anti-Catholic riot of 1854
  * Gordon Riots in London
  * 1969 Northern Ireland Riots
  