Jul 24, 2019 · Analysis: there were widespread misunderstandings about the power, control and influence of the Catholic Church during the conflict. Perhaps one of the most iconic images of …

Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists and republicans, who …

Nov 12, 2021 · The origins of the Troubles date back to centuries of warfare in which the predominantly Catholic people of Ireland attempted to break free of British (overwhelmingly …

The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Irish republican or nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from …

Dec 20, 2022 · The British loyalists organized a march in the Catholic neighborhood of Bogside, Londonderry (also Derry) on August 12, 1969, sparking a three-day conflict between the …

Feb 4, 2025 · the Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to …

Apr 26, 2022 · During the Troubles, great conflict, violence, and riots infiltrated Ireland. The Troubles were precipitated by years upon years of friction between Catholics and Protestants. …

Jul 15, 2019 · Many accounts of the Troubles indicate the divided parties by the names “CNR” and “PUL”. “CNR” stands for Catholic, Nationalist, Republican, and this acronym is indicative …

While the question of sovereignty was important, at the heart of the unrest lay a civil rights struggle. For decades, the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland had been subjected to …

Apr 27, 2023 · The Troubles were seeded by centuries of conflict between predominantly Catholic Ireland and predominantly Protestant England. Tensions flared into violence in the late 1960s, …