The rest of Ireland (6 counties) was to become Northern Ireland, which was still part of the United Kingdom although it had its own Parliament in Belfast. As in India, independence meant the partition of the country. Ireland became a republic in 1949 and Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom.

Most of Ireland gained independence from Britain following the Anglo-Irish War and became a fully independent republic following the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949. Northern Ireland still remains part of the United Kingdom.

More than 300,000 British troops served in Northern Ireland during Op Banner, with more than 20,000 deployed at its peak. A total of 1,441 soldiers died during Op Banner, 722 as a result of paramilitary attacks.

A total of over 500 members of the RIC died in the conflict and more than 600 were wounded. Some sources have stated that 525 police were killed in the conflict, including 152 Black and Tans and 44 Auxiliaries.

Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign

The color orange is associated with Northern Irish Protestants because in 1690, William of Orange (William III)defeated the deposed King James II, a Roman Catholic, in the fateful Battle of the Boyne near Dublin.

20 July 1990: London Stock Exchange bombing: The IRA detonated a large bomb at the London Stock Exchange causing massive damage but no injuries.

The Harrow School bombing happened on 24 October 1974, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombed Peterborough Cottage, a three-storey former caretaker’s house in the grounds of Harrow School….

By the start of 1974, the leaders of the IRA had come to believe that the British were growing weary of their involvement in the conflict and that a serious escalation of violence would push the British into withdrawal. Accordingly, the IRA began a series of terrorist attacks on Britain’s mainland.

The proxy bomb, also known as a human bomb, was a tactic used mainly by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland during the conflict known as “the Troubles”.

In 1381, a rabble of peasants managed to successfully attack the Tower in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 — this was one of many battles at the Tower of London. However, the Tower of London’s role as a formidable fortress isn’t just about the past.

The Glasgow pub bombings were two bomb attacks in Glasgow, Scotland, carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 17 February 1979. Experts believe a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) veto on bombing operations in Scotland prevented the situation from escalating. …

It is believed that the IRA has one SAM-7 surface-to-air missile system, imported from Libya in the mid-1980s. Since the end of the ceasefire in 1996, however, the priority of the IRA has been to mount bomb attacks in London rather than targeting security forces in Northern Ireland.

The RUC was superseded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in 2001. The former police force was renamed and reformed, as is provided for by the final version of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.

The Gardaí is primarily an unarmed force; however, detectives and certain units such as the regional Armed Support Units (ASU) and the national Emergency Response Unit (ERU) are commissioned to carry firearms and do so. The armed officers serve as a support to regular Gardaí.

Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), state police force in Northern Ireland, established in 1922. The RUC had a paramilitary character until 1970, when the force was remodeled along the lines of police forces in Great Britain.

A total of 300 RUC officers have been murdered during the Troubles. The IRA has killed 277, the INLA and IPLO 12 and loyalist terrorists eight. Three were murdered by unknown groups. In addition, four officers were killed by the security forces by mistake and over 9,000 injured during the course of their duties.

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Peelers was the name given to the first police officers. They were named after Sir Robert Peel who introduced them, first in Ireland, and then in England. The Force acted more as a security and paramilitary force than a force to prevent crime and protect property as it later became in England.

The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent, socialist …

The term Fenian today occurs as a derogatory sectarian term in Ireland, referring to Irish nationalists or Catholics, particularly in Northern Ireland.

In 1917–18, the Irish Convention attempted to resolve what sort of Home Rule would follow the First World War. Unionist and nationalist politicians met in a common forum for the last time before partition. As a result of this, in April 1921 the island was partitioned into Southern and Northern Ireland.

Bloody Sunday began as a peaceful—but illegal—demonstration by some 10,000 people organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association in opposition to the British government’s policy of interning suspected members of the IRA without trial.

Bloody Sunday was an event that happened during the Selma to Montgomery Marches on March 7th, 1965. The event is called Bloody Sunday because it was a ruthless and gruesome attack on black protesters done by white men from Dallas County.

Even at the height of the Troubles, Belfast wasn’t a particularly dangerous city for tourists. It’s still best, however, to avoid the so-called ‘interface areas’ – near the peace lines in West Belfast, Crumlin Rd and the Short Strand (just east of Queen’s Bridge) – after dark.

Every part of Ardoyne was in the most deprived 16 areas in Northern Ireland. In terms of income, the small section of Woodvale containing Ainsworth Drive and Avenue was worst off, while the area in and around New Lodge Road is the most deprived in Northern Ireland in terms of employment.

If a visitor was determined to avoid sectarian areas, they should stay out of Falls/Falls Road, Shankill, Ardoyne, Tiger’s Bay, New Lodge, Short Strand, Albertbridge Road, Newtonards Road.

The Shankill Road itself is best avoided especially at night. Falls Park and the area around it is dimly lit at night and is best avoided. The Crumlin Road is a unionist area and is generally safe during the day but not at night.

William Moore was the final member of the gang to be released from prison in August 1998, after over twenty-one years behind bars. He died on 17 May 2009, from a suspected heart attack at his home and was given a paramilitary funeral by the UVF. With Moore now deceased, the only senior figure still alive is “Mr A”.

As you can see, west Belfast is mainly Catholic, in most areas over 90%. For many years, the Catholic population expanded to the southwest, but in recent years it has started expanding around the Shankill and into north Belfast. The east of the city is predominantly Protestant, typically 90% or more.

Many Ulster Protestants are descendants of settlers who arrived in the early 17th century Ulster Plantation. This was the colonisation of the Gaelic, Catholic province of Ulster by English-speaking Protestants from Great Britain, mostly from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England.