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Most killings took place within Northern Ireland, especially in Belfast and County Armagh. Most of the killings in Belfast took place in the west and north of the city. Dublin, London and Birmingham were also affected, albeit to a lesser degree than Northern Ireland itself. Occasionally, the IRA attempted or carried out attacks on British ...
Downpatrick (from Irish Dún Pádraig, meaning 'Patrick's fort') [4] is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about 21 mi (34 km) south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Its cathedral is said to be the burial place of Saint Patrick. [5]
The Troubles in Belfast (1 C, 51 P) Pages in category "The Troubles in County Down" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
10 August: UVF parcel bombs injured several people in County Down, including a Catholic woman in Hilltown and a Sinn Féin activist. [178] 10 August: The "Red Hand Commando" carried out an arson attack on a GAA club at Portaferry, County Down. [178] 11 August: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death on wasteground off Sherbrook Way, Belfast.
Holywood (/ ˈ h ɒ l i w ʊ d / HOL-ee-wuud; from Latin Sanctus Boscus ' holy wood ' [2]) is a town in the metropolitan area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a civil parish and townland of 306 hectares (755 acres) lying on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are ...
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Operation Motorman was a large operation carried out by the British Army (HQ Northern Ireland) in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.The operation took place in the early hours of 31 July 1972 with the aim of retaking the "no-go areas" (areas controlled by residents, [1] including Irish republican paramilitaries) that had been established in Belfast and other urban centres.
Kenneth Branagh's Belfast transports viewers back to the Northern Ireland of his 1960s childhood, when the Troubles roiled the streets of the neighborhood he grew up in — and many more like it ...