The Troubles

For years, the Northern Irish people faced extensive discrimination due to centuries of displacement and colonization from the British. On August 12, 1969, a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) protest over gerrymandering was suppressed by the state police which catalyzed the start of the revolution. The Northern Irish specifically wanted to become part of the Republic of Ireland and were protesting against loyalists who wanted to remain part of the UK.

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) supported the nationalist cause and was the primary guerilla warfare group and they began to conduct bombings. A memorable event that happened during this revolution was Bloody Sunday, which occurred on January 30, 1972, around 4 years after the start of the revolution. British paratroopers killed 13 people that were protesting peacefully. Shortly after, the IRA began conducting bombings in England following Bloody Sunday. Many protests by prisoners happened throughout the 80s, such as Bobby Sands, an IRA member who died on a hunger strike protesting the conviction of military prisoners.

After years of conflicts between the Irish, the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 ended the Troubles revolution and a settlement was reached between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Britain which gave coordinating power between Northern Ireland and Ireland as well as consultation power between Northern Ireland and Britain.