The Troubles

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armed conflict ethno-nationalist conflict political conflict sectarian conflict

The Troubles was a decades-long ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by violent clashes among republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British state, and local communities from the late 1960s to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Aliases (6)

Northern Ireland conflict ×8
The Troubles in Northern Ireland ×3
Irish republican–British state conflict ×1
Northern Ireland Troubles ×1
Troubles in Northern Ireland ×1
U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict → ethno-nationalist conflict → political conflict → sectarian conflict →
alsoKnownAs	Northern Ireland conflict →
country	United Kingdom →
endTime	1998 →
estimatedNumberOfDeaths	over 3,500 people killed →
estimatedNumberOfInjured	tens of thousands injured →
hasCause	competing national identities → constitutional status of Northern Ireland → discrimination against the Catholic and nationalist minority → disputes over civil rights in Northern Ireland → partition of Ireland →
hasEffect	heightened sectarian segregation in housing and education → international diplomatic involvement in the peace process → large-scale internal displacement in Northern Ireland →
hasMainTerritory	Northern Ireland →
ideologicalAspect	British unionism → Irish nationalism → Irish republicanism → Ulster loyalism →
location	Great Britain → Northern Ireland → Republic of Ireland → border regions between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland →
mainTarget	civilians → economic and infrastructure targets → security forces →
opposingForce	British Army → British security forces → Irish republican paramilitaries → Royal Ulster Constabulary → loyalist paramilitaries →
participant	British Government → Democratic Unionist Party → Irish Government → Irish National Liberation Army → Northern Ireland civil rights movement → Official Irish Republican Army → Provisional Irish Republican Army → Red Hand Commando → Sinn Féin → Social Democratic and Labour Party → Ulster Defence Association → Ulster Unionist Party → Ulster Volunteer Force →
peaceProcessInvolved	Anglo-Irish Agreement → Downing Street Declaration → Good Friday Agreement negotiations →
religiousAspect	Catholic–Protestant divide →
result	Good Friday Agreement → decommissioning of many paramilitary weapons → power-sharing government in Northern Ireland → reform of policing in Northern Ireland →
significantEvent	1969 Northern Ireland riots → Battle of the Bogside → Birmingham pub bombings → Bloody Friday → Bloody Sunday → Enniskillen bombing → Good Friday Agreement → Hunger strikes of 1981 → Kingsmill massacre → Miami Showband killings → Omagh bombing →
startTime	late 1960s →
temporalContext	Cold War era →

Referenced by (59)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bloody Friday → Enniskillen bombing → Int Corps ("Northern Ireland conflict") → Irish National Liberation Army → Official Irish Republican Army → Omagh bombing → Operation Banner → Parachute Regiment → Provisional Irish Republican Army → Red Hand Commando → Special Air Service → Special Air Service → Ulster Defence Association → Women's Royal Army Corps ("The Troubles in Northern Ireland") →	conflict
Irish Guards ("The Troubles in Northern Ireland") → Royal Corps of Transport ("Northern Ireland conflict") → The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers →	engagement
Battle of the Bogside → Birmingham pub bombings → Bloody Sunday (1972) →	partOf
Kingsmill massacre → Miami Showband killings → Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) →	timePeriod
Apprentice Boys of Derry ("Northern Ireland conflict") → Apprentice Boys of Derry →	associatedWith
Hunger strikes of 1981 → Hunger strikes of 1981 ("Northern Ireland conflict") →	conflictContext
Derry Citizens Defence Association → Derry Citizens Defence Association ("Northern Ireland conflict") →	emergedInContextOf
Military history of the United Kingdom → Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention ("Northern Ireland Troubles") →	significantEvent
Crumlin Road Gaol → Crumlin Road Gaol →	usedDuring
Ulster Volunteer Force →	activeInConflict
Good Friday Agreement →	addressesConflict
The Troubles ("Northern Ireland conflict") →	alsoKnownAs
British Army →	engagedIn
Belfast →	experiencedConflict
Northern Ireland civil rights movement →	followedBy
Bloody Sunday (1972) ("U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday"") →	hasCulturalDepiction
Derry →	hasHistoricalEvent
British–Irish relations →	hasHistoricalRootIn
Elizabethan era (second Elizabethan age) ("Troubles in Northern Ireland") →	hasKeyEvent
Songs of Innocence →	hasPart
The Paras ("Northern Ireland conflict") →	historicalConflict
Social Democratic and Labour Party →	historicalContext
Northern Ireland →	historicalEvent
Ulster →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention →	historicalPeriod
Long Kesh ("Irish republican–British state conflict") →	involvedInConflict
Royal Ulster Constabulary →	operatedDuringConflict
King's Own Scottish Borderers →	participatedIn
Downing Street Declaration →	politicalContext
Belfast (2021 film) →	portrays
Seamus Heaney ("The Troubles in Northern Ireland") →	primaryTheme
Kingsmill massacre ("Northern Ireland conflict") →	relatedConflict
Northern Ireland civil rights movement →	relatedTo
Anglo-Irish Agreement →	relatedToConflict
Breakfast on Pluto →	theme