Northern Ireland Conflict

The Conflict between Northern Ireland and England

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The Northern Ireland conflict was an internal war that happened in Northern Ireland between1968 and 1969 after people marched along the streets for their civil rights . The term that is commonly used is `The troubles ' and has its roots from the Irish war of independence (1919-1923 ) It is also used to refer to the subsequent disruptions that resulted from the civil war . The conflict ended in 1994 when a cease fire was agreed by the paramilitary . This

conflict involved the loyalist paramilitary and the Republican organizations , civil rights groups and the political activists . It also involved the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC . Although an agreement was reached on the 10th of 1998 , this was not a perfect solution as violence continued to be witnessed after this period but on a mild level . This conflict encompasses many reasons such as religious , economical , social and political and the acts of violence that are witnessed in this region are often referred to as terrorism guerilla tactics and ethnic conflict . What is the background of the Northern Ireland conflict , how has it developed over time and what is being done to bring violence to an end ? This is basically what this will try to intensively research on

North Ireland is a home of so many contradictions for example in its politics , religion and its people . The territory has for many centuries been under the leadership of England and it is this leadership that has created social and political conditions that have for years subjected this region to violence and conflicts . The origin of this violence could be traced back to the 17th century when England managed to suppress a number of rebellions that were staged by the island . After this , they put this area under their leadership however , much of the Northern part became under Protestants mainly the Scottish and English . This move led to the division of the region into two groups : the Protestants and the Catholics (Darby 2008

Historical Background

Now the actual problem arose from the settlement of the Ulster Plantation by the colonial powers in 1609 . The settlement allowed both the Scottish and English planters to inhabit the land something that saw the natives being pushed far away to the margins of their land . Again at the same time there were other Protestants who kept on flocking the island for better prospects and obviously they put a strain to the region as they demanded more and more land to settle . The natives who were Irish Catholics were pushed out of their geographical area but they were not exterminated

The Plantation of Ulster was unique among Irish plantations in that it set out to attract colonists of all classes from England , Scotland and Wales by generous offers of land . Essentially it sought to transplant a society to Ireland . The native Irish remained , but were initially excluded from the towns built by the Planters , and banished to the mountains and...