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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An Phoblacht subject The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
An Phoblacht notablePeriod The Troubles
McGurk's Bar bombing conflict The Troubles
County Londonderry historicalEvent The Troubles
Bessbrook–Newry road conflictContext The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Historical Enquiries Team investigation timePeriodReviewed The Troubles
subject surface form: Historical Enquiries Team investigation into the Kingsmill massacre
UDA conflict The Troubles
subject surface form: Ulster Defence Association
Loughinisland massacre conflict The Troubles
Patsy O’Hara conflict The Troubles
Orange Order historicalContext The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Brian McCoy partOf The Troubles
Northern Ireland peace process hasContext The Troubles
this entity surface form: the Troubles
Michael Devine conflict The Troubles
partition of Ireland relatedTo The Troubles
Mulberry Bush partOfHistoryOf The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Britain
Guildford pub bombings partOf The Troubles
Whitecross historicalContext The Troubles
Wintering Out exploresTheme The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Wintering Out associatedWith The Troubles
North subject The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Field Work mainTheme The Troubles
Field Work hasSubject The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Irish conflict
The Haw Lantern associatedWith The Troubles
County Tyrone wasSignificantIn The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
The Crying Game setInPeriod The Troubles
Operation Motorman conflict The Troubles
Operation Motorman partOf The Troubles
Gerald Donaghey conflict The Troubles
14th/20th King’s Hussars servedIn The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Alan Black conflictContext The Troubles
Alan Black hasLivedThrough The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Songs of Innocence (with U2) hasPart The Troubles
subject surface form: Songs of Innocence
Raised by Wolves hasTheme The Troubles
Sunday Bloody Sunday hasMainTheme The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Sunday Bloody Sunday (song, as drummer of U2) hasTheme The Troubles
subject surface form: Sunday Bloody Sunday
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Martin Hurson conflict The Troubles
United Kingdom Army Air Corps engagement The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Out in the Fields lyricTheme The Troubles
Operation Helvetic conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles (aftermath)
Operation Demetrius temporalContext The Troubles
Operation Demetrius conflict The Troubles
Brendan McFarlane activeDuring The Troubles
Seamus Costello activeIn The Troubles
Seamus Costello conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict