The Troubles
1968–1998 · Event
Three decades of ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland between mainly Catholic Irish republicans and mainly Protestant unionists, plus British security forces. Ended by the Good Friday Agreement.
On these timelines: The Troubles, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
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