The Troubles
October 5, 1968 – April 10, 1998 · Belfast
Conflict in Northern Ireland between mainly Catholic nationalists and republicans, who wanted a united Ireland, and mainly Protestant unionists and loyalists, with British security forces deployed. About 3,500 people were killed before the Good Friday Agreement.
Key people
Participants
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United Kingdom
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
Irish republicans
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Sinn Féin
Irish republicans
Strength and losses
Battles and events 9
- Battle of the Bogside August 12–14, 1969
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Operation Banner August 14, 1969 – July 31, 2007
- Operation Demetrius August 9–10, 1971
- Battle of St Matthew's June 27–28, 1970 · IRA victory
- Bloody Sunday (1972) January 30, 1972
- Warrenpoint ambush August 27, 1979
- Brighton hotel bombing October 12, 1984
- Anglo-Irish Agreement November 15, 1985
- Operation Flavius March 6, 1988
- South Armagh Sniper (1990–1997) March 1990 – March 1997 · IRA victory Mobility of foot patrols further restricted
Before and after
- Ended by
- Good Friday Agreement April 10, 1998
- Led to
- Omagh bombing August 15, 1998
