At the outset there are two popular misconceptions about the paramilitaries that should be challenged. First, that all were ...
The politics of this period were complex. Local parties representing different shades of unionism and nationalism embraced ...
Yet with a few notable exceptions such as gritty police drama Blue Lights there has been a reluctance to delve into the city’s tumultuous recent history as a flashpoint for the Troubles – the ...
The man is working to compile an oral history of the Troubles for Boston College's Belfast Project. Dolours, a former Provisional Irish Republican Army militant, is visibly nervous. She's a movie ...
Although I took Modern History as a GCSE and A-Level, England’s colonisation of Ireland wasn’t part of the curriculum. Any fleeting mentions of the Troubles only focused on attacks by the ...
Enforce the TikTok Ban Good Riddance, Antony Blinken Both the Left and the Right misapply the history of the Troubles to our current predicament. It has been nearly 20 years since the Good Friday ...
From Say Nothing to Kneecap and The Wolfe Tones, a huge range of current culture is making the memory of The Troubles ever ...
Correspondence of the New-York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s ...
The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century is known as the Troubles. Over 3,600 people were killed and thousands more injured. Paramilitary groups were active on both sides of ...
During the Troubles, Northern Ireland politics revolved ... Although Sinn Féin (Irish for "We Ourselves") has a history going back to 1905, modern Sinn Féin dates back to 1970 and a split ...