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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 ...
1 Prior to 1960. 2 1960–1969. Toggle 1960–1969 subsection. 2.1 1966. 2.2 1968. ... The UVF carried out three attacks on Catholics in Belfast. In the first, a ...
26 January – First staging of Sam Thompson's play Over the Bridge, at the Empire Theatre, Belfast. [2]13–18 February - Orson Welles opens for the last time in a stage production, his adaptation Chimes at Midnight with the Gate Theatre Company, at the Grand Opera House, Belfast (transferring in March to Dublin).
Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical drama is set against the backdrop of escalating violence in late-1960s Northern Ireland The Complex History Behind Belfast —and Its Echoes in Present-Day ...
In Belfast the situation was different since students at Queen's University (QUB) were at the centre of events. Bernadette Devlin, leader of the People's Democracy (PD) and a foremost figure in the civil-rights movement, described her return to QUB after the Derry march: I went up to Belfast thinking I had changed, and I found that everyone had.
In Belfast, the 1970s were a time of rising residential segregation. [14] It was estimated in 2004 that 92.5% of public housing in Northern Ireland was divided along religious lines, with the figure rising to 98% in Belfast. [1] Self-segregation is a continuing process, despite the Northern Ireland peace process.
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.
1 1960s. Toggle 1960s subsection. 1.1 1966. 1.2 1967. 1.3 ... East Belfast UVF members were blamed for exploding two bombs on the property of a man they had given ...