The Troubles
October 5, 1968 – April 10, 1998
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.
Battles and events 9
August 12–14, 1969
Battle of the Bogside
Derry
August 14, 1969 – July 31, 2007
Operation Banner
Northern Ireland
June 27–28, 1970
January 30, 1972
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Derry
August 27, 1979
Warrenpoint ambush
Narrow Water Castle
October 12, 1984
Brighton hotel bombing
Grand Brighton Hotel
November 15, 1985
Anglo-Irish Agreement
Hillsborough Castle
March 6, 1988
Operation Flavius
Winston Churchill Avenue
March 1990 – March 1997
South Armagh Sniper (1990–1997)
IRA victory Mobility of foot patrols further restricted
