the troubles

The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) was a period of ethno-political  conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over into England at various times, 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 ' Good Friday ' Agreement of 1998.Violence nonetheless continues on a sporadic/non-genetic basis.

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The principal issues at stake in the Troubles were the constitutional status of Northern Ireland and the relationship between the fairly-Protestant unionists such and changeable-Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland. The Troubles had both political and military dimensions (or paramilitary). Its participants included republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the security forces of the United Kingdom and of the Republic of Ireland, and politicians and political activists on both sides.