What ended the conflict in Northern Ireland?

1968 – 1998
The Troubles/Periods

What caused Ireland and Northern Ireland to split?

Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the territory of Southern Ireland left the UK and became the Irish Free State, now the Republic of Ireland. The territory that became Northern Ireland, within the Irish province of Ulster, had a Protestant and Unionist majority who wanted to maintain ties to Britain.

What were BBC troubles?

The Troubles refers to a violent thirty-year conflict that began with a civil rights march in Londonderry on 5 October 1968 and concluded with the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998. At the heart of the conflict lay the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

What is the religious conflict in Northern Ireland?

the Troubles, also called Northern Ireland conflict, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nationalists (republicans), who …

When did the Northern Ireland conflict end?

What is the conflict between England and Northern Ireland?

The Troubles. The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, and the Conflict in Ireland it is sometimes described as a “guerrilla war” or a “low-level war”.

What led to the Troubles in Northern Ireland?

Origins. Trouble had,in fact,been brewing in Northern Ireland for generations.

How did the conflict in Northern Ireland start?

The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century is known as the Troubles. Over 3,600 people were killed and thousands more injured. Over the course of three decades, violence on the streets of Northern Ireland was commonplace and spilled over into Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland and as far afield as Gibraltar.

Do Northern Irish consider themselves “Irish”?

The citizens of Northern Ireland have as much right to call themselves Irish as their southern neighbours – they all live on the island of Ireland. They also have as much right to consider themselves as British as their ‘mainland’ neighbours in England, Scotland or Wales.