The Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, Canadian patriation, and
Fifteen minutes after setting sail, a planted bomb was activated by two members of the Provisional IRA, a paramilitary group of Irish nationalists who waged a terror campaign to drive British forces from Northern Ireland to create a united, independent nation. Known as "the Troubles," the confl...
The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England,Wales,andScotland) andNorthern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State. England, in the southeast part of the British Isles, is separated from Scotland on the north by the granite Cheviot Hills; from them the Pennine chain of up...
Fact: Approximately 3,500 people were killed in "The Troubles," a decades-long violent conflict in Northern Island that ended in the 1990s. The end of that conflict opened up the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.Source:Malcolm Sutton's Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland...
Fifteen minutes after setting sail, a planted bomb was activated by two members of the Provisional IRA, a paramilitary group of Irish nationalists who waged a terror campaign to drive British forces from Northern Ireland to create a united, independent nation. Known as "the Troubles," the confl...
Today a little education about education. First I’ll crunch some numbers, as I like to do. 4,726 = the number of colleges and universities United States. $589 billion = the amount spent by students annually. Of that figure, $393 billion = tuition fees, and ...
His administration began discussions with the IRA to bring the Troubles in Northern Ireland to a peaceful conclusion. Prime Minister:Tony Blair Term:1997 – 2007 Political Party:Labour Tony Blair was Labour’s longest-serving Prime Minister, and his administration spearheaded the Northern Ireland peace...
The term “the Troubles” describes the violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmin
export-oriented booms and busts, and long periods ofmilitary rule, including a Haitian occupation (1822–44), the oppressivedictatorshipofRafael Trujillo(1930–61), and military interventions by theUnited States(1916–24 and 1965–66). However, the country’s troubles have paled in comparison wit...
The rest of the buildings are visible from the road: the ruins of Imber Court can be spied through fencing and the soulless concrete block houses which litter the space either side of the road were constructed during the Troubles, and designed to represent urban landscapes in Northern Ireland....