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Northern Ireland Flashcards

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Post WW2

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Unemployment + economic stagnation

Services failed to relocate away from Belfast

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Inequality

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Increased inequality between rich and poor — became seen as Protestant and Catholic

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The Troubles

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1960 - 1990 — sectarian tensions

British Armed Forces intervened - protected Protestant Loyalists but contained Catholic Nationalists

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Segregation

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Nationalists forced into ‘Free Derry’ - Bogside
Loyalists situated in Waterside
Different opportunities - tensions

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Rule of Law

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Armed Forces oppressing Nationalists

Bloody Sunday - British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians during protest in 1972

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Rule of Fear

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Nationalists using extremism

Bombings at Walkers Column in 1973

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Successes now

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Important location for European and North American shipping convoys
2013 - labelled inaugural UK City of Culture
Now 90000 people live in Derry’s urban areas

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Uni Interview Prep (21 decks)

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