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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post-war Britain hasPart The Troubles
this entity surface form: Troubles in Northern Ireland
Joe McDonnell conflict The Troubles
Kieran Doherty conflict The Troubles
1996 Manchester bombing partOf The Troubles
Tony Geraghty associatedWith The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Troubles
Raymond McCreesh conflict The Troubles
Raymond McCreesh detentionContext The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Gordon Highlanders conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Richard O’Rawe conflict The Troubles
Don McCullin hasPhotographed The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
FV432 armoured personnel carrier usedInConflict The Troubles
subject surface form: FV432
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Ulster Workers' Council activeIn The Troubles
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
20th century hasMajorEvent The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Northern Ireland Act 1974 context The Troubles
Stephen Travers spokeAbout The Troubles
this entity surface form: Troubles in Northern Ireland
Stephen Travers associatedWith The Troubles
Stephen Travers livedThrough The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Francis Hughes conflict The Troubles
RCT engagement The Troubles
subject surface form: Royal Corps of Transport
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Thomas McElwee conflict The Troubles
Ben Wallace conflict The Troubles
Station Island theme The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders servedInConflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
The Royal Green Jackets (historical) conflictParticipatedIn The Troubles
subject surface form: The Royal Green Jackets
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
The Ferryman settingPeriod The Troubles
22 SAS Regiment conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Michael Stone conflict The Troubles
subject surface form: Michael Stone (Northern Ireland loyalist)
22nd Special Air Service Regiment conflict The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Patrick "Kitten" Braden politicalContext The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Ireland
Hidden Agenda mainSubject The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
Hidden Agenda depicts The Troubles
Buddy storySettingPeriod The Troubles
Buddy associatedWithEventInFiction The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards notableDeployment The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland (The Troubles)
Patrick Radden Keefe coveredTopic The Troubles
this entity surface form: the Troubles in Northern Ireland
14 Intelligence Company conflict The Troubles
King's Regiment participatedIn The Troubles
this entity surface form: Northern Ireland conflict
3 PARA conflict The Troubles
Westland Scout usedInConflict The Troubles
Hunger timePeriod The Troubles
subject surface form: Hunger (2008 film)
Hunger (film) portrays The Troubles
Derry Girls historicalContext The Troubles
United States–Ireland relations relatedToEvent The Troubles
this entity surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Major General Jeremy Moore conflict The Troubles
subject surface form: Jeremy Moore
Spike Island usedDuringConflict The Troubles