Irish Troubles - Dates and statistics

Question 1

When did the IRA split into IRA and PIRA?

Answer 1

1969 after Operation Banner

Question 2

When was the RUC established?

Answer 2

1922 after the Partition of Ireland

Question 3

When was the controversy about housing, and what happened?

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

When was NICRA formed, and what did it do?

Answer 4

Formed Jan 1967 and sought change through non-violent protests and end to sectarian violence

Question 5

When were protests and parades banned?

Answer 5

13 November 1968
- banned with the exception of customary parades

Question 6

When was the battle of Bogside?

Answer 6

12 August 1969

Question 7

How many canisters of tear gas were used by the B-specials during the Battle of Bogside?

Answer 7

1,100 canisters, affecting the children and elderly

Question 8

When was the policy of internment implemented?

Answer 8

1971 after the Battle of Bogside 1969

Question 9

When was operation Demetrius implemented, and how many people were arrested?

Answer 9

9 August 197, 342

Question 10

When was the Ballymurphy massacre?

Answer 10

9 August 1971, part of Operation Demetrius

Question 11

When was operation Banner implemented?

Answer 11

14 August 1969

Question 12

When was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 12

30 January 1971

Question 13

When did the long war begin?

Answer 13

1970

Question 14

When was direct rule imposed?

Answer 14

28 March 1972

Question 15

When was Bloody Friday?

Answer 15

21 July 1972

Question 16

Why was 1972 the Bloodiest year of the Troubles?

Answer 16

Over 2,000 bombings, 10,000 shootings in 1972 alone, where almost 500 people died.

Question 17

When did the mainland campaign begin?

Answer 17

1973

Question 18

When did the blanket protest begin?

Answer 18

1976

Question 19

When did he dirty protest begin?

Answer 19

1978, and copied in 1980 in women’s prison

Question 20

When were the hunger strikes?

Answer 20

27 October 1980

Question 21

When was the Brighton Bombing?

Answer 21

October 1984

Question 22

When was the Sunningdale agreement?

Answer 22

December 1973

Question 23

When was the Anglo-Irish Agreemnt?

Answer 23

1985

Question 24

When was the IRA ceasefire and when was it broken?

Answer 24

1994, 18 months later

Question 25

When was the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement?

Answer 25

10th April 1998