The Troubles: Unravelling Northern Ireland's 30-Year Conflict

Hi everyone, here is some additional context for the video and a couple of corrections. Thanks to those who have commented highlighting some of these!

- correction on the graphic showing Ulster in the beginning: Ulster is made up of 9 counties, six of which are in what is now Northern Ireland, and 3 of which are in Ireland. The graphic only depicts the border of Northern Ireland.



- while there are slightly more people identifying as unionist over republicans in Northern Ireland, Catholics (45.7% of pop) now outnumber protestants (43.5% of pop)



- The Provisional IRA was not the only republican paramilitary. In 1969, its predecessor, the IRA, split into two factions; the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA. The group most now think of when they imagine the IRA is the Provisional IRA, which became the most powerful of these groups. The Official IRA later split further, with some members leaving to create the INLA (Irish National Liberation Army). On the unionist side, other than the UVF, notable groups include the UDA (Ulster Defence Association) and UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters). The UDA was a kind of umbrella group uniting protestant/unionist paramilitaries. The UFF was likely a cover name for attacks carried out by some members of the UDA. Occasionally there was infighting on each side between these groups.



- At its peak, the Provisional IRA had around 10,000 members. UVF membership numbers are harder to find, but were estimated to be several thousand. The UDA claimed to have 40,000 members at its peak in 1972, but only a portion of these were involved with the more violent UFF, which is thought to have had 2,000-4,000 members.

- not mentioned at the beginning is the 1916 Easter Rising, which happened while Britain was fighting in WWI. It was the first armed conflict in the lead-up to the war for independence.

- at 1.01, I meant to say provisional IRA. The IRA as a whole was around since the early 1900s, as mentioned later in the video.

- There is evidence that some loyalist attacks were armed and/or allowed by British security forces. Exact numbers on this are, for obvious reasons, difficult to find.



If you feel something else deserves a mention, please leave a comment; I will be updating this one.

If Berlin can be re-united, than Ireland can too!!!

I think its dumb for brothers to fight over this, hope there can be an united ireland soon in the future!!!

Belfast, how I know you so well, your like heaven, you like hell. 🎶

yeah this is gonna happen in China if they try to take Taiwan. this is not a threat, it's a legally binding contractual promise

where do the atheists live?

Billy hutch is a racist and bigoted coward who killed innocents only

“Council homes were often allocated by protestant local councilors to protestant families who would then vote to keep them in power” YIKES that sure sounds familiar

Which ever way you look at it, the English are scum who took others land and drove out millions of Irish people and starved to death millions more. The right is on the side of Catholic Ireland.

RARA IRA

"Europe has no Mass Shootings"
Europe:

As Irish republican I thank you for getting both sides not just the ira or uvf side

Here before the reunification of 2024

you mean 400 year conflict no?

great video

I'm in support of whoever has the most rights.

I'm just here for the comments.

As a Native American/Indigenous American person, I will forever support the people and country of Ireland. They have done so much for our kinship, and vice versa. Great to learn this history, as I never knew this before. Smudge up for those lives lost 🪶💨💕

Seems similar to jouice

There's some really misleading information in the first 6minutes.

1) The region labelled "Ulster" is actually the borders of modern Northern Ireland. Ulster is actually larger than this region.
2) The UK government chose to hold a referendum to remain in the largest possible area that would hold a protestant majority. This area is what is now known as "Northern Ireland" which is under UK administration.

It annoys me that they are called the troubles ! That was a very English way of trying to make little of something and deny it was WAR

The process called "INTERNMENT" where the British could imprison people WITHOUT A TRIAL is EXACTLY what the U.S has done through the wording in the National Defense Authorization Act or the NDAA. America allowed 9-11-01 to happen so they could put into place a series of freedom restricting laws and agencies such as the "PATRIOT ACT", AND HOMELAND SECURITY. Whereas the Homeland security agency has done nothing but allow an invasion to occur at our borders and oppress our citizens they deem undesirables or wrong thinkers.

This is like Europe version of 'Sunni-Shia conflict'

Brexit is probably going to go down as one of the most utterly idiotic decisions in UK history.

The people who invaded the other country and decided to populate it for voting power are the bad guys.

L billy

Billy Hutchinson was talking nonsense when he said that there would be violence against unionists in a new Ireland. That's just not the case, especially with the possibility of a new Ireland only really being feasible in the 25+ year timeframe.

As I watch the Islamic and African invasion of Ireland. And the odd absence of "Sinn Fein"...
The troubles were all a lie. A British false flag op.

I had to stop and come back after Boris appeared. Can't stand the sight of the mop-haired lying bastard.

"We can't live under threat from republicans"

30 years of war, you fucks still ain't figured out it's not up to ya?

abolish the military police state!

Thank God they all agreed to ceasefire

England should have just left. Let Ireland be free and united.

English cause trouble where ever they go 😊

Your hearts were not turned when the deep cold came, now this spring the four winds will blow—pulling earth from the grounds into the sky. This will darken the skies for three days.
Until you have listened or another must come.

"...were a majority there, winning 4 out of 9..." hold up. The math ain't mathing

I am interested to see how the Irish respond to the mass unchecked Islamic migration that is now being forced on them by their own elected government...

Even thiugh thheres not many killings these says , the war is nkt over

My ancestor were irish American immigrants.

Ireland should be united.. simple as that. The U.K regardless of who lives there now shouldn’t have jurisdiction over what is naturally irish.
The U.K (british empire) created the mess in the first place.

Ulster looks like a skull with hair.

It’s strange because my grandad was from Southern Ireland and we were a Catholic family and my dad was in the forces and had to go to Northern Ireland. I’m glad I didn’t have to make a decision because I can see both sides

I'm English. I was never taught by anyone about this. It was right on my door step and I had no idea.

I was born and grew up in Belfast, I'm glad Freedman explained it to me.

Love live Britain. God save the king 🇬🇧🇬🇧

Russians used the same tactics as the British during the times of the Soviet Union to fill Ukraine with russians! They're the reason for why the war started, russians wouldn't integrate and speak Ukrainian and when Ukrainians spoke up about it,they wanted to join russia

30 year conflict? Lmfao more like 300 year conflict.

30 years... what about the Dynamiters campaign in the late 1800s.

So the patriots killed and maimed to get rid of us English to have an asian in charge ? and replace a few thousand brits with a few hundred thousand immigrants so well thought out.

You got something wrong, when pointing out Ulster you circled nothern ireland which is sometimes referrd to as "Ulster" because it incompasses most of Ulster, but it's not the ditrict borders of Ulster