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Everyday life during the Troubles A “peace wall” in Belfast Mass arrests on Bloody Sunday A peace protest in Northern Ireland Bobby Sands's funeral procession Signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) Concluding the Good Friday Agreement
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News •

Army chiefs back calls for judicial review of Troubles ruling • Feb. 20, 2025, 1:04 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies • Feb. 14, 2025, 2:08 AM ET (New York Times)
Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet who ranged from nature and classics to the Troubles – obituary • Jan. 23, 2025, 4:16 AM ET (The Telegraph)

Facts

Also Known As Northern Ireland conflict
Date 1968 - 1998
Location Belfast • Londonderry • Ulster
Participants British army • Irish Republican Army • Northern Ireland • Royal Ulster Constabulary • United Kingdom

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Everyday life during the Troubles
A “peace wall” in Belfast
Mass arrests on Bloody Sunday
A peace protest in Northern Ireland
Bobby Sands's funeral procession
Signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
Concluding the Good Friday Agreement
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British troops facing protesters on Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday
January 30, 1972
Destruction of the Mulberry Bush
Birmingham pub bombings
November 21, 1975
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
August 15, 1998