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<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head>  <script async src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-90RP5FMTSY'></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-90RP5FMTSY'); </script> <TITLE>CAIN: Key Events of the Northern Ireland Conflict</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="Author" content="Dr Martin Melaugh"> <meta name="Description" content="CAIN: Key Events of the Northern Ireland Conflict"> <META name="KeyWords" content="conflict, northern, ireland, northern ireland conflict, irish, troubles, ulster, province, the troubles, politics, ira, uda society, bibliography, chronology, research, events, issues, background, acronyms, glossary, articles, books, chapters, abstracts, history, organisations, photographs, symbols, murals, posters, maps, civil rights, internment, ulster workers' council strike, hunger strike, peace process, derry march, people's democracy march, british troops, bloody sunday, direct rule, bloody friday, sunningdale agreement, dublin and monaghan bombs, ira truce, anglo-irish agreement, political talks, omagh bomb, segregation, discrimination, education, employment, housing, law and order, administration of justice, policing, security, violence, media, parades, marches, bands, policy, political parties, elections, electoral system, women, community work, european union, mixed marriages, cross-community marriage"> <META NAME="package" CONTENT="(TYPE=begin)(VERSION=0.1) Dublin Core"> <META NAME="DC.title" content="CAIN: Key Events of the Northern Ireland Conflict"> <META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=name) Dr Martin Melaugh"> <META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=email) m.melaugh@ulst.ac.uk"> <META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=homepage) http://cain.ulster.ac.uk"> <META NAME="DC.subject.keyword" CONTENT="conflict, northern, ireland, irish, troubles"> <META NAME="DC.description" content="CAIN: Key Events of the Northern Ireland Conflict"> <META NAME="DC.publisher" CONTENT="CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) Project"> <META NAME="DC.contributors" CONTENT="Fionnuala McKenna"> <META NAME="DC.date.creation" CONTENT="(SCHEME=FGDC) 19970721"> <META NAME="DC.date.current" CONTENT="(SCHEME=FGDC) 19970724"> <META NAME="DC.type" CONTENT="Misc"> <META NAME="DC.format" CONTENT="(SCHEME=imt) text/html"> <META NAME="DC.identifier.url" CONTENT="http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/index.html"> <META NAME="DC.language" CONTENT="(SCHEME=NISOZ39.53) ENG"> <META NAME="DC.relation" CONTENT="stand alone"> <META NAME="DC.coverage" CONTENT="(SCHEME=Freetext) all text"> <META NAME="DC.rights" CONTENT="http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/copyright.htm"> <META NAME="DC.otheragent" CONTENT="(TYPE=indexer) Dublin Core Metadata Creator"> <META NAME="package" CONTENT="(TYPE=end)(VERSION=0.1) Dublin Core"> <script language="JavaScript" src="/aajs/functions.js"></script> </head> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"><center><table width=600><tr><td><A NAME="top"></A> <HR NOSHADE SIZE="1"><img src="/images/cainlogo.gif" border="0" align="left"> <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#770101">CAIN Web Service</FONT></CENTER> <h3 align=center>Key Events of the Northern Ireland Conflict</h3> <br clear=all> <center> <HR NOSHADE SIZE="1"> <a href="/index.html">[CAIN_Home]</a> <br> <b>[KEY_EVENTS]</b> <a href="/issues/index.html">[Key_Issues]</a> <a href="/othelem/index.html">[Conflict_Background]</a> <br> <B>EVENTS:</B> <a href="/events/crights/index.html">[Civil_Rights]</a> <a href="/events/intern/index.html">[Internment]</a> <a href="/events/uwc/index.html">[UWC_Strike]</a> <a href="/events/hstrike/index.html">[Hunger_Strike]</a> <a href="/events/peace/index.html">[Peace_Process]</a> <br> <a href="/events/derry/index.html">[Derry_March]</a> <a href="/events/pdmarch/index.html">[People's_Democracy_March]</a> <a href="/events/troops/index.html">[Deployment_of_British_Troops]</a> <a href="/events/bsunday/index.html">['Bloody_Sunday']</a> <a href="/events/directrule/index.html">[Direct_Rule]</a> <a href="/events/bfriday/index.html">['Bloody_Friday']</a> <a href="/events/sunningdale/index.html">[Sunningdale]</a> <a href="/events/dublin/index.html">[Dublin&Monaghan_Bombs]</a> <a href="/events/truce/index.html">[IRA_Truce]</a> <a href="/events/convention/index.html">[Constitutional_Convention]</a> <a href="/events/uuac/index.html">[UUAC_Strike]</a> <a href="/events/assembly1982/index.html">[Assembly_1982]</a> <a href="/events/aia/index.html">[Anglo-Irish_Agreement]</a> <a href="/events/bmtalks/index.html">[Brooke/Mayhew_Talks]</a> <a href="/events/omagh/index.html">[Omagh_Bomb]</a> </center> <HR NOSHADE SIZE="1"> <center> <b>Page Compiled:</b> Martin Melaugh<BR> <i><font color=#ff0000>Material is added to this site on a regular basis - information on this page may change</font></i> </center> <HR noshade size=4>  <p> </p><p><a href="/events/crights/nicra/nicra782.htm#crp7"><img src="/events/crp7.jpg" border=1 vspace=5 hspace=10 align=right alt="From - 'We Shall Overcome'"></a> <b>Key Events of the Northern Ireland Conflict</b></p> <ul> <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/crights/index.html">Civil Rights Campaign</a> (1964 to 1972) <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/derry/index.html">Derry March</a> (5 October 1968); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/pdmarch/index.html">People's Democracy March</a> (1 January 1969 to 4 January 1969); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/troops/index.html">Deployment of British Troops</a> (14 August 1969 to 31 July 2007); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/intern/index.html">Internment</a> (1971 to 1975) <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/bsunday/index.html">'Bloody Sunday'</a> (30 January 1972); <p> </p> <li> Introduction of <a href="/events/directrule/index.html">Direct Rule</a> (30 March 1972); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/bfriday/index.html">'Bloody Friday'</a> (21 July 1972); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/sunningdale/index.html">Sunningdale Agreement</a> (6 December 1973 to 9 December 1973); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/uwc/index.html">Ulster Workers' Council Strike</a> (May 1974) <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/dublin/index.html">Dublin and Monaghan bombs</a> (17 May 1974); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/truce/index.html">IRA Truce</a> (9 February 1975 to 23 January 1976); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/convention/index.html">Constitutional Convention</a> (8 May 1975 to 5 March 1976); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/uuac/index.html">United Unionist Action Council (UUAC) Strike</a> (3 May 1977 to 13 May 1977); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/hstrike/index.html">Hunger Strike</a> (1981) <p> </p> <li> <A HREF="/events/assembly1982/index.html">Northern Ireland Assembly</A> (November 1982 - June 1986) </li> <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/aia/index.html">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a> (15 November 1985); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/bmtalks/index.html">Brooke / Mayhew Talks</a> (April 1991 to November 1992); <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/peace/index.html">Peace Process</a> (1993 to the present) <p> </p> <li> <a href="/events/omagh/index.html">Omagh Bomb</a> (15 August 1998). <p> </p> </ul> <p><a name="events"><b>Other events</b></a><br> For all other events not covered in the sections above see '<a href="/othelem/chron.htm">A Chronology of the Conflict</a> - from 1968'.</p> <p><a name="deaths"><b>List of deaths</b></a><br> For information on all those killed during the conflict see <a href="/sutton/index.html">Sutton's Index of Deaths</a>.</p> <p> </p> <HR NOSHADE SIZE="1"> The above links provide information and source material on key events in the history of the Northern Ireland Conflict. A similar layout has been adopted for <A HREF = "/issues/index.html">Key Issues</A>. These two sections, together with the <a href="/othelem/index.html">Background Information</a> on the conflict, will be helpful to those researching, teaching, or studying topics within this subject. <p> The basic structure for each of the Key Events is the same. Those consulting a particular event will find: a set of main web pages, a selected reading list, a summary, a chronology, background information, and a list of source material. Users can also find details of organisations and individuals who were prominent during the particular events by clicking on the background to the conflict. </p><p> CAIN would welcome contributions in the form of articles or source material from individuals or oganisations. 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