Ireland: "The Troubles"

Photo: Two masked gunmen (Pacemaker Press Intl)

The Troubles

1968 - 1998

The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century is known as the Troubles. Over 3,600 people were killed and thousands more injured.

Over the course of three decades, violence on the streets of Northern Ireland was commonplace and spilled over into mainland Britain, the Republic of Ireland and as far afield as Gibraltar.

Several attempts to find a political solution failed until the Good Friday Agreement, which restored self-government to Northern Ireland and brought an end to the Troubles.

Ireland: The Road to Partition

Our guest from the UK, Blair (Language Assistant , British Council) has  explained some history of his country (Northern Ireland) in  our class.
We have worked on this subject in several occassions, and these are our old posts :

http://lenguaycultura2isfd97.blogspot.com.ar/2011/06/ireland-road-to-partition.html


Next Monday 24th, we`ll have a debate class  monitored by Blair, so you can use these old posts to read about the subject.

Ireland: The Road to Partition

"Easter Rising scene from the film Michael Collins and Easter, 1916 a poem by William Butler Yeats"

Read the complete poem:

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

Work prepared by Careri and Anovassi

Older post on the same subject,here.

The Road to Northern Ireland:Partition of Ireland

In this link you will find complete information about the situation and conflict in Ireland:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/troubles/overview_ni_article_04.shtml

Also in last year entry in this blog.

or this one:http://www.scribd.com/doc/491081/Ireland-From-Rising-to-Partition-191621

The Northern Irish Conflict. The so-called "The Troubles"

The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland, and mainland Europe. The duration of the Troubles is conventionally dated from the late 1960s and considered by many to have ended with the Belfast Agreement of 1998. Violence nonetheless continues on a sporadic basis.
The principal issues at stake in the Troubles were the constitutional status of Northern Ireland and the relationship between the mainly-Protestant Unionist and mainly-Catholic Nationalist communities in Northern Ireland. The Troubles had both political and military (or paramilitary) dimensions. Its participants included politicians and political activists on both sides, republican and loyalist paramilitaries, and the security forces of the United Kingdom and of Ireland.
To complete the information, consult this web site.