Irish Troubles - Dates and statistics Flashcards
When did the IRA split into IRA and PIRA?
1969 after Operation Banner
When was the RUC established?
1922 after the Partition of Ireland
When was the controversy about housing, and what happened?
June 1968 - housing given to single Protestant woman employed by Unionist politician over several large Catholic families
- Nationalists occupied the house and staged sit-in protest until elected by Ulster.
When was NICRA formed, and what did it do?
Formed Jan 1967 and sought change through non-violent protests and end to sectarian violence
When were protests and parades banned?
13 November 1968
- banned with the exception of customary parades
When was the battle of Bogside?
12 August 1969
How many canisters of tear gas were used by the B-specials during the Battle of Bogside?
1,100 canisters, affecting the children and elderly
When was the policy of internment implemented?
1971 after the Battle of Bogside 1969
When was operation Demetrius implemented, and how many people were arrested?
9 August 197, 342
When was the Ballymurphy massacre?
9 August 1971, part of Operation Demetrius
When was operation Banner implemented?
14 August 1969
When was Bloody Sunday?
30 January 1971
When did the long war begin?
1970
When was direct rule imposed?
28 March 1972
When was Bloody Friday?
21 July 1972
Why was 1972 the Bloodiest year of the Troubles?
Over 2,000 bombings, 10,000 shootings in 1972 alone, where almost 500 people died.
When did the mainland campaign begin?
1973
When did the blanket protest begin?
1976
When did he dirty protest begin?
1978, and copied in 1980 in women’s prison
When were the hunger strikes?
27 October 1980
When was the Brighton Bombing?
October 1984
When was the Sunningdale agreement?
December 1973
When was the Anglo-Irish Agreemnt?
1985
When was the IRA ceasefire and when was it broken?
1994, 18 months later
