The Troubles

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
ethno-nationalist conflict
political conflict
sectarian conflict
alsoKnownAs The Troubles
surface form: 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
Ireland
surface form: 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 Armed Forces
surface form: British security forces

Irish republican paramilitaries
Royal Ulster Constabulary
loyalist paramilitaries
participant UK government
surface form: British Government

Democratic Unionist Party
Ireland
surface form: 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
surface form: Cold War era

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The Paras historicalConflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
The Crum usedDuring The Troubles
subject surface form: Crumlin Road Gaol
Derry hasHistoricalEvent The Troubles
Apprentice Boys of Derry associatedWith The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Derry Citizens Defence Association emergedInContextOf The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Ulster Defence Regiment conflict The Troubles
Ulster Defence Regiment conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Miami Showband associatedWith The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Fran O’Toole activeDuring The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Des Lee conflictContext The Troubles
Des Lee activeDuring The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
HM Prison Maze usedDuringConflict The Troubles
Long Kesh historicalPeriod The Troubles
Long Kesh involvedInConflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Long Kesh involvedInConflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: Irish republican–British state conflict
Bobby Sands partOf The Troubles
Kevin Lynch conflict The Troubles
Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition historicalContext The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
RUC conflict The Troubles
subject surface form: Royal Ulster Constabulary
RUC historicalPeriod The Troubles
subject surface form: Royal Ulster Constabulary
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
RUC badge associatedWith The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Docklands bombing in London in 1996 conflict The Troubles
subject surface form: Docklands bombing
Docklands bombing in London in 1996 conflict The Troubles
subject surface form: Docklands bombing
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
the Officials timePeriod The Troubles
Framework Documents (1995) mainSubject The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Irish Catholics involvedIn The Troubles
Ulster Protestants centralTo The Troubles
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland associatedWith The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Gerry Fitt era The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Dublin and Monaghan bombings partOf The Troubles
Dublin and Monaghan bombings deadliestIncidentOf The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in the Republic of Ireland
Dublin and Monaghan bombings relatedTo The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Widgery Tribunal relatedTo The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Saville Inquiry subject The Troubles
this entity surface form: Troubles in Northern Ireland
Droppin Well bombing conflict The Troubles
Ballykelly, County Londonderry occurredDuring The Troubles
subject surface form: Ballykelly bombing
Desmond Boal associatedWithEvent The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army conflict The Troubles
Bogside conflictPeriod The Troubles