When did the conflict in Northern Ireland start?

Answer 1

well the very start was the plantation of ulster, some 400 years ago, when protestants came from britain, in 1969 what is known today as the troubles started with the battle of the bogside in derry/londonderry, non stop rioting by catholics looking for civil rights caused the police to retreat from the area and this is when the army was sent in, they did not take back the bogside area though they had a presence outside the area but people in the area governed themselves for awhile

Answer 2

Basically, the ruling protestant majority oppressed the catholic minority denying them jobs, housing and other important basic civil rights. In the 60's (possibly 50's I can't remember the exact date) the IRA was reformed and began conducting minor attacks on key installations like power stations, marking the beginning of their campaign of terror. In 1969 matters came to a head with the battle of the Bogside, where essentially, the RUC fought the catholics for 4 days and something like 900 were injured (police not civilians!). At this point, the army were called in. From then on it was a gradual escalation of violence, with key points being the introduction of internment (1971), Bloody Sunday (1972, which arguably sparked the massive rise in violence that year) and the IRA ceasefire in 1972 (or '73, again check dates). The splinter groups of the IRA formed and got set in for the "Long War" which is still being fought today. Essentially a campaign of unrest designed to make it economically unprofitable for the British to remain.

I am not a history student but have a strong interest in the conflict (my father served as soldier for 5 years in Ireland). This is a very vague answer but the crux of the matter is the distreatment of catholics by the protestant majority.

Answer 3

A VERY brief run down of the conflict would be:

800 years ago the English invaded Ireland because they thought they were savage and disorderly.

They ruined the culture, which explains why the majority of the country speak in English.

The Irish were against English rule and many fought and died to get England to give Ireland up and let us be our own country again, but all were unsuccessful.

Some were in favour of British rule, mainly in Ulster, the region in the North.

Those who were in favour of the British ruling Ireland were mainly of English descent and therefore protestant, while the remaining majority who were against English rule were of Irish descent and therefore Catholic.

In 1920, the English agreed to give up most of Ireland, but kept the 6 counties in the North, as the majority here were unionist and wanted to remain part of the UK. This part is now known as Northern Ireland.

Nowadays, there is tension between Protestants and Catholics, but it isn't to do with the actual religion, it's more to do with the fact that most protestants want to remain connected to the UK and most Catholics want to break away from the UK and become a united Ireland.

Answer 4

the war began due to the religions of the citizens in Ireland. people believed in the catholic religion where as others believed in the protestant religion. Ireland wanted to become one equal independent country so they broke out into war to win their rights to be Independent and to have a certain religion throughout the whole of Ireland.

Answer 5

The modern conflict, which has now ended, could be said to have started in the late 1960s, particularly 1968 and 1969.