A History of Northern Ireland, 1920-1996
Author: Thomas Hennessey
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780333731611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFounded upon the partition of Ireland in 1920, Northern Ireland experienced 50 years of nervous peace under the rule of a devolved government in Belfast. This government was representative only of the Protestant unionist community and discriminated freely against the minority nationalists. The Protestant fortress held firm until the emergence of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement in the late-1960s, following which the province subsided into the civil unrest widely known as The Troubles.