The Troubles: Difference between revisions

Line 1:

[[File:The Troubles.jpg|thumb|The two sides involved in the Troubles.]]'''The Troubles''' (Irish: ''Na Trioblóidí'') was an ethno-nationalist/[[Sectarianism|sectarian]] period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Also known internationally as '''the Northern Ireland conflict''', it is sometimes described as a [[Civil War|civil war]], while at other times has been described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war".

[[File:The Troubles.jpg|thumb|The two sides involved in the Troubles.]]{{Quote|Northern Ireland still suffers from its past, and it will take generations to escape sectarianism and for violence to end totally. Nonetheless, it is in a different place now than during the Troubles, and it will not go back to the old days.|Jonathan Powell}}

'''The Troubles''' (Irish: ''Na Trioblóidí'') was an ethno-nationalist/[[Sectarianism|sectarian]] period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Also known internationally as '''the Northern Ireland conflict''', it is sometimes described as a [[Civil War|civil war]], while at other times has been described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war".

The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times the violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Important}}
-[[File:The Troubles.jpg|thumb|The two sides involved in the Troubles.]]'''The Troubles''' (Irish: ''Na Trioblóidí'') was an ethno-nationalist/[[Sectarianism|sectarian]] period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Also known internationally as '''the Northern Ireland conflict''', it is sometimes described as a [[Civil War|civil war]], while at other times has been described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war".
+[[File:The Troubles.jpg|thumb|The two sides involved in the Troubles.]]{{Quote|Northern Ireland still suffers from its past, and it will take generations to escape sectarianism and for violence to end totally. Nonetheless, it is in a different place now than during the Troubles, and it will not go back to the old days.|Jonathan Powell}}
+'''The Troubles''' (Irish: ''Na Trioblóidí'') was an ethno-nationalist/[[Sectarianism|sectarian]] period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Also known internationally as '''the Northern Ireland conflict''', it is sometimes described as a [[Civil War|civil war]], while at other times has been described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war".
 The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times the violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.