20th Century Period
Operation Motorman of 1972
In the early morning of 31 July 1972, the British army initiated Operation Motorman in response to Bloody Friday, a series of bombs that occurred days earlier in Belfast.
The Troubles
20th Century Period
Bloody Sunday 1972
Bloody Sunday occurred on January 30, 1972, in the city of Derry when the parachute regiment of the British army opened fire on a Civil Rights march killing 13 people, another victim died later from […]
20th Century Period
British Troops Arrive In Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)
In the summer of 1969, the British government invoked Operation Banner, the deployment of troops to Northern Ireland.
20th Century Period
The Battle of the Bogside in 1969
Following on from the Peoples Democracy march of 1st January 1969 from Belfast to Derry and the subsequent rioting in the Bogside and other towns in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and its […]
20th Century Period
John Hume: The Visionary Leader Who Championed Non-Violence in Politics
John Hume (1937-2020) was an Irish politician and civil rights leader who played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process. Nobel Peace Prize laureate. […]
20th Century Period
The Partition of Ireland: A Country Divided
The partition of Ireland in 1921 divided the island into two entities: Northern Ireland, which remained part of the United Kingdom, and Southern Ireland, which later became the independent Republic of Ireland. […]