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Five years of Ulster turmoil marked by deaths and hope
In Belfast and Armagh five years after British troops arrived to curb Protestant Catholic violence, leaders and residents recount devastation and resilience. The death toll tops 1,000, with sectarian attacks and internments at Long Kesh. Amid ruins, pockets of cooperation endure as plans for a constitutional convention loom and calls for an Ulster separate state rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh A. Mulligan
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Sean O’casey
Tim McKenna
Armagh
St. Patrick's
Fernando Carbery
Ardoyne Chapel
Long Kesh
Harry Murray
Ulster Workers’ Council
Republic
Ireland
Cpl
William Jones
B Company
Royal Regiment of Wales
Ulster
Sydeny Callaghan
IRA
Derry
Newry
Strabane
Dungannon
Downpatrick
Bedeek
John Taylor
Dockland
Europa
Harper Brown
Crown
Adrian IV
Papal
Henry II
Scotland
Devon
William of Orange
Boyne
James II
Rome
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Stormont
London
Larne
Mike Trainer
Craigavon
West Belfast
Farringdon Gardens
Fernando
Dublin
Victoria Station
Ulster Symphony Orchestra
Killarney
Prim
Regsons
Sam Morgan
Welshman
Liam Cosegrave
England
Tower of London