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This page includes a Northern Ireland timeline, its most important dates, and an overview of the Irish influence on world civilization.
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom [1][2] (although it is also described by official sources as a province or a region [3][4]), situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It was created as a separate legal entity on 3 May 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. [5]
Credit: Peter Ferraz/Getty Images. For 30 years, Northern Ireland was scarred by a period of deadly sectarian violence known as “the Troubles.” This explosive era was fraught with car bombings,...
the Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nationalists (republicans), who wanted Northern Ireland to become part of the republic of Ireland.
The Battle of the Bogside in August 1969 led to the deployment of the British army to Northern Ireland and the start of what became known as the Troubles. Video: Enda O'Dowd & Ronan McGreevy
Soldiers and civilians in Northern Ireland on August 16, 1969, the day after British troops ended the Battle of the Bogside—a conflict that escalated the Troubles and tipped Northern Ireland...
How did Northern Ireland descend into the cycle of violence that marked the period known as the 'Troubles', and what was done to find a solution?
Following a period of guerrilla warfare between the nationalist Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British forces, a treaty was signed in 1921 creating the Irish Free State from 23 southern counties and 3 counties in Ulster. The other 6 counties of Ulster made up Northern Ireland, which remained part of the United Kingdom.
Created by the partition of Ireland in 1920, Northern Ireland was a society plagued by tension and division. On one side of the divide stood Unionists: staunchly Protestant, loyal to their British heritage and determined that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom.
BELFAST (AFP) - Northern Ireland came into being on May 3, 1921, as Ireland became independent from Britain and was split between pro-Ireland nationalists and pro-UK unionists, who hold the...