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Text and Research: Martin Melaugh
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Introduction

This page provides links to a number of files which provide a very brief abstract of important events during the Northern Ireland conflict. Some of the events are dealt with in greater detail elsewhere (check, for example, Key Events and the corresponding entry in the chronology).

The emergence of the Civil Rights Campaign
Civil unrest - 1968 and 1969
The reforms introduced to answer Catholic grievances - 1968 and later
The deployment of British troops - 14 August 1969
The re-emergence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the question of the constitutional position of Northern Ireland
The introduction of Internment - 9 August 1971
The events of 'Bloody Sunday' - 30 January 1972
The prorogation of the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont - 28 March 1972
The Darlington Conference on political options for Northern Ireland - 25 to 27 September 1972
The United Loyalist Council Strike - 7 February 1973
The Northern Ireland Constitution Act (1973)
The election of the Northern Ireland Assembly - 28 June 1973
The Sunningdale Agreement - 9 December 1973
The Westminster election - 28 February 1974

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