Identify the causes of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Identify the course and consequences of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Examine their impact on North-South and Anglo-Irish relations
Sources for The Troubles in Northern Ireland: Written
Visual
CAIN Archive – Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland; 50 Years of Northern Debates Online; (Skills Book, p. 245)
News reports: RTÉ and BBC
photographic archives;
Documentaries:
BBC – The Troubles; RTÉ – In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
The Troubles in Northern Ireland
L.O. 2.5: Identify the causes, course and consequences of the Northern Ireland Troubles and their impact on North-South and Anglo-Irish relations.
Key Words The Troubles Nationalist
Aural
Songs: ‘The Town I Loved So Well’; ‘Four Green Fields’; ‘The Sash My Father Wore’ (Skills Book, p. 245)
Unionist Paramilitary
Sectarian
Oral
Boston College Belfast Oral History project; Stormont Oral History Archive
Tactile
Artefacts from the Troubles in the Ulster Museum; The Museum of Free Derry; The Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall, Derry (Skills Book, p. 245)
Chronological awareness
Massacre of Protestants
1641
Act of Union 1800
Easter Rising 1916
Foundation of NICRA (Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association)
1967
1609
The Ulster Plantation
1690
Victory of William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne
1912
Signing of Ulster Solemn League and Covenant
1920
Government of Ireland Act, setting up Northern Ireland
Unionist rule in Northern Ireland What Were the Troubles?
1968 Civil rights
march in Derry – the day the
Troubles began
Define the Troubles
The Troubles refers to the conflict that occurred in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998.
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The conflict involved the unionist and nationalist communities in the North. ● It also involved their political representatives and various paramilitary groups (organised like an army) on both sides, as well as British security forces.