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A loyalist mural in Belfast commemorating the 1969 riots. Belfast has a long history of riots between Catholics and Protestants. Beginning in 1835 there have been at least 15 major riots in Belfast, the most violent ones taking place in 1864, 1886 and 1921. [11] See 1886 Belfast riots, Bloody Sunday (1921) and The Troubles in Ulster (1920 ...
These include the formation of the modern Ulster Volunteer Force in 1966, [1] the civil rights march in Derry on 5 October 1968, the beginning of the 'Battle of the Bogside' on 12 August 1969, or the deployment of British troops on 14 August 1969. [58] The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, passed by the Parliament ...
Toggle 1960–1969 subsection. 2.1 1966. 2.2 1968. 3 1969–1970. ... This was the highest death toll from a single incident in Belfast during the Troubles. [citation ...
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FX's historical drama, based on Patrick Radden Keefe's award-winning nonfiction book, doesn't try to tell the whole history of the Troubles, focusing instead on a few key figures.
12 July – Rioting in Belfast, Derry and Dungiven follows Orange Institution parades. [3] 1 August – A huge protest rally over events in Northern Ireland is held outside the General Post Office, Dublin. The crowd demands that the Irish Army cross the border. 5 August – Belfast experiences the worst sectarian rioting since 1935.
In the case of Northern Ireland, the Troubles raged for nearly 30 years between the 1960s and the 1990s, and claimed almost 4,000 lives before a ceasefire was declared in 1998.
Burntollet Bridge was the setting for an attack on 4 January 1969 during the first stages of the Troubles of Northern Ireland. [1] [2] A People's Democracy march from Belfast to Derry was attacked by Ulster loyalists whilst passing through Burntollet.