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Terrorism deaths in Northern Ireland (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "People killed during The Troubles (Northern Ireland)" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
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 ...
Northern Ireland's parliament could vote it in or out of the Free State, and a Boundary Commission could then redraw or confirm the provisional border. The Dáil narrowly approved the Treaty on 7 January 1922 (by a vote of 64 to 57), but it caused a serious split in the Irish nationalist movement (eventually leading the Irish Civil War).
Since partition, the IRA had started a number of operations in Northern Ireland designed at bringing about their goal of a United Ireland.The intensity of this activity increased towards the end of 1941, where the IRA decided to step up its campaign of attacks in Northern Ireland. [5]
This is a list of notable bombings related to the Northern Ireland "Troubles" and their aftermath. It includes bombings that took place in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Great Britain since 1968. There were at least 10,000 bomb attacks during the conflict (1968–1998). [1]
16 March 1972 - Carmel Knox (20), a Catholic civilian, killed in a loyalist bomb attack on public toilets on Market Street. 18 June 1972 – Arthur McMillan (37), Ian Mutch (31), Colin Leslie (26), all British Army soldiers, killed in a booby trap bomb in a derelict house by Provisional Irish Republican Army, Bleary, near Lurgan
Pages in category "British military personnel killed in The Troubles (Northern Ireland)" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Troubles – historical ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war".