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  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • STATE EXAM
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
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THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Recognising key change
Learning Outcome 2.5: Identify the causes, course and consequences of the Northern Ireland Troubles and their impact on North-South and Anglo-Irish relations.

Background
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John D. Ruddy - A Brief History of the Conflicts in the North of Ireland


century ireland - explainer: the origins of northern ireland


​wonder why -
Why Ireland split into the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland


lagan college - a short history of northern ireland


the irish times - How the Troubles began: a timeline


Belfast, 1969: The Troubles were coming


OVERVIEW
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RTÉ ARCHIVES - 

march marks beginnings of troubles 1968
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Bernadette Devlin Plans To Agitate 1969

exhibition - violence in northern ireland 1969

THE IRISH STORY - THE NORTHERN IRELAND CoNFLICT 1968-1998 - aN overview


BBC REWIND - TEN CHAPTERS OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND TROUBLES


key events

bbc bitesize - 
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violence in 1969
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The emergence of paramilitary organisations
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Internment: Reasons, actions and effects
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Direct Rule, 1972
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Power-sharing 1973-1974
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Hunger strikes 1980-1981
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​Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985
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the irish story - Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday in Derry, 30 January 1972

the irish times - explainer: what happened on bloody sunday in 1972? 

Fintan O’Toole: Bloody Sunday, the 10-minute massacre that lasted decades

BBC RADIO 4 - bloody sunday: 50 years on

bbc witness history - bloody sunday

the irish times - Fifty years on and grief of the McGurk’s Bar massacre still resonates

RTÉ ARCHIVES - THE CHILDREN OF THE CREGGAN, 1973

rté archives - omagh bomb carnage 1998


political agreements
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lagan history - UNDERSTANDING THE SUNNINGDALE AGREEMENT (Northern Ireland 1973-74)


the anglo-irish agreement 1985


​what was the good friday agreement? (1998)


investigate a repository of historical evidence

ulster university - cain - conflict and politics in northern ireland


MORE RESOURCES
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london review of books - Bloody sunday report by murray sayle

the irish times - ​Today, 50 years ago, the Troubles began
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John Hume: His life and times

the journal.ie - An expression of anger: The burning of the British Embassy in Dublin after Bloody Sunday

RTÉ BRAINSTORM - The story behind an iconic Troubles' photo
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belfast telegraph - bloody sunday
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rté brainstorm - A short history of Ireland's Section 31 broadcasting ban

the irish history show - podcast: ian paisley
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bbc news - Omagh bomb: The 29 victims


FOCUS TASK
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revision
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test your knowledge
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • CHRONICLES TEXTBOOK
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • STATE EXAM
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • TEACHER MAILING LIST
  • MY CLASSROOM
  • CONTACT