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The Government of Ireland Act 1920 partitioned the island of Ireland into two separate jurisdictions, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, both devolved regions of the United Kingdom. This partition of Ireland was confirmed when the Parliament of Northern Ireland exercised its right in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 to opt ...
The following is a timeline of actions during The Troubles which took place in the Republic of Ireland between 1969 and 1998. It includes Ulster Volunteer Force bombings such as the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in May 1974, and other loyalist bombings carried out in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, the last of which was in 1997.
Music from the selected year plays across the footage, with occasional scenes of live performances or music videos, often (but by no means exclusively) by an Irish artist. No advertisements are shown during the broadcast (apart from the occasional old advertisement dating from the relevant year). Each decade takes at least eight months to make. [1]
The critically-acclaimed series, based on the 2018 bestselling book of the same name by journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, covers murder and mystery involving Northern Ireland’s The Troubles.
During a visit to the Republic of Ireland, Pope John Paul II appealed for an end to the violence in Northern Ireland. [90] 16 December Four British Army soldiers (Allan Ayrton, William Beck, Simon Evans, and Keith Richards) were killed by a PIRA landmine near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Another British Army soldier (Peter Grundy) was killed by a ...
[80] [81] The report said the UDR was the main source of weapons for those groups, [80] although by 1973 weapons losses had dropped significantly, partly due to stricter controls. [80] By 1990, at least 197 UDR soldiers had been convicted of loyalist terrorist offences and other serious crimes [ 82 ] including bombings, kidnappings and assaults ...
MTV 80s: From 28 February to 31 March 2020, the channel rebrand as MTV 80s playing 80s music videos similar to MTV 90s and the decade-themed Now channels. The channel was permanently launched in New Zealand on 6 July 2020 replacing the Australian version of MTV Classic and later in Europe on 5 October 2020 replacing VH1 Classic Europe. The ...
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" was released in March 1972. It was considered a rebel song and thus not played by the Republic of Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ. [2] Despite this, it reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart on 29 April 1972. [3]