The Troubles
Irish sectarian violence
The Troubles refers to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998, involving armed campaigns, bombings, and civil unrest over whether the region should remain part of the United Kingdom or join the Republic of Ireland.
The conflict pitted unionists (predominantly Protestant) against nationalists (predominantly Catholic), with British forces caught between.
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely ended the violence.
Her family left Belfast during the Troubles.
1998 Irish peace accord
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- power-sharingJointly held governmental authority
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
negotiations · Tony Blair · referendum · prisoner release · policing reform · victims · legacy · normalization
Unofficial armed organized groups
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- IRATax-advantaged retirement fund
- bombingsExplosive attacks from above
- shootingsDischarges of firearms
assassinations · ambushes · riots · atrocities · casualties · guerrilla · insurgency · internment
Papal church adherent
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- loyalismAllegiance to established authority
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
bigotry · murals · parades · bonfires · segregation · ghettoization · polarization · animosity
Irish republican political party
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- unionismAdvocacy for worker collectives
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- WestminsterLondon's political center
direct rule · gerrymandering · civil rights · internment · hunger strikes
Violent suppression of civilians
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- inquiriesRequests for information
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- memorialsTributes to the departed
Outer edge or limit
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- segregationForced separation by group
- enclavesTerritories surrounded by another
- separate schoolsDistinct educational institutions by category
no-go areas · mixed marriage · identity · belonging · othering · naming · flags · symbols
Good Friday Agreement
1998 Irish peace accord
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- power-sharingJointly held governmental authority
reconciliation · negotiations · Tony Blair · referendum · prisoner release · policing reform · victims · legacy · normalization
paramilitaries
Unofficial armed organized groups
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- IRATax-advantaged retirement fund
- bombingsExplosive attacks from above
shootings · assassinations · ambushes · riots · atrocities · casualties · guerrilla · insurgency · internment · curfew
Catholic
Papal church adherent
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
- loyalismAllegiance to established authority
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
discrimination · bigotry · murals · parades · bonfires · segregation · ghettoization · polarization · animosity · intolerance
Sinn Féin
Irish republican political party
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- unionismAdvocacy for worker collectives
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
Westminster · direct rule · gerrymandering · civil rights · internment · hunger strikes
Bloody Sunday
Violent suppression of civilians
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- inquiriesRequests for information
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
memorials · trauma · survivors · disappeared
border
Outer edge or limit
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- segregationForced separation by group
- enclavesTerritories surrounded by another
no-go areas · separate schools · mixed marriage · identity · belonging · othering · naming · flags · symbols · territory
- Irish LiteratureJames Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Yeats, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett
- Antrim HistoryGood Friday Agreement
- DerryDerry, Guildhall, Bloody Sunday, Waterside, Derry Girls
The Troublespeace
Freedom from disturbance
reconciliation · harmony · stability · normalization · power-sharing
trouble, troubled, troubles, troubling, troublesome, untroubled, Troubles, troubleshooter, troubleshooting