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Derry (aka Londonderry), Northern Ireland – evidence of The Troubles is everywhere.
July 2009

I couldn’t even begin to try and give a history of what has taken place in Northern Ireland, hence the brief Wikipedia description below. It’s a very complex issue and one that I can’t possibly adequately explain.

The Troubles 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 the Republic of Ireland.

Here’s more comprehensive information: THE TROUBLES

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