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The following is a third draft of an index of the contents of the CAIN site. The index is mainly a subject index however there is also a list by author of the main items at the CAIN site. See also: search page.

A B C D E     F G H I J K L M N     O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

O

'O' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'O'

Official Irish Republican Army
Omagh Bomb (15 August 1998) - Key Event
Summary  Background  Details of Events during the day   Names of those Killed 

'On the Runs'

Operation Motorman, 31 July 1972

Opinion Polls

Orange Order
See Key Issue: Parades and Marches - Parading Organisations
See Abstract of Organisations - 'O'
Orange Volunteers
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength  
Organisations, abstracts of
'A' 'B' 'C' 'D' 'E' 'F' 'G' 'H' 'I' 'J' 'K' 'L' 'M' 'N' 'O' 'P' 'Q' 'R' 'S' 'T' 'U' 'V' 'W' 'X' 'Y' 'Z'
Ormeau Road (Bookmakers Shop) Shootings, 5 February 1992

P

'P' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'P'

Painting
See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature in Northern Ireland
See also: Murals in Northern Ireland
Parades - Key Issue
Summary   Reading List   Parading Organisations   Annual Parading Events   Historical Dates and Events   Developments at Drumcree   Areas of Contention   North Review   Photographs   Official Statistics   Source Material  
Articles and Reports:
Orange Parades: The Politics of Ritual, Tradition and Control by Bryan, Dominic (2000)  
'Mediation in Practice', by The Art of Mediation Project  
Newspaper Articles by Bryan and Jarman  
'The Endless Parade', by Neil Jarman 

Parades Commission / Independent Commission on Parades

Parker Report
- Report of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism (Mar 1972)
Paramilitary Organisations
Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength of Paramilitary Groups 
Parliament
See section on Government in Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and Elections

Patten Commission (Independent Commission on Policing)

Peacelines / Peace Walls / Interface Barriers
See: Information on peacelines
Peace Process - Key Event
Summary   Reading List   Background Briefing Paper   Source Documents  
The Agreement Document - Full Text  Newspaper headlines following The Agreement  
Referendum: Party Positions   Referendum: Results  
Chronologies:
Chronology - Peace Process, 1988-1993  
Chronology - Peace Process, 1993-1998  
Chronology - Peace Process, 1998-1999  
Sean Farren Papers - Mitchell Talks (1996-1998)
Articles and Reports:
'The Framework Document and its Discontents' by J.D. Cash
'Nailing the Balance' by Birney and O'Neill
'Transforming the Conflict' by Sean Farren and Robert F. Mulvihill (2000)
'Peace or pacification process? A brief critique of the peace process' by Chris Gilligan
'The Irish Peace Process' by J. Ingraham
'The Role of Civil Society' by Clem McCartney
Full text of 'Protestant Perceptions of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland' edited by Dominic Murray (2000) [contributors: Duncan Morrow, Chris Gibson, May Blood, Robin Eames, Gregory Campbell, Barry White]
'Policing and the Northern Ireland Peace Process' by R. MacGinty
'Going to the Edge' by B. Rowan
'Northern Ireland between Peace and War' by Peter Shirlow and Paul Stewart
People
Personal accounts of the Northern Ireland Conflict
Biographies of People Prominent During 'the Troubles'
People's Democracy March (1-4 January 1969) - Key Event
Reading List   Summary   Background  Chronology of Events  
Articles and Extracts:
'Burntollet' by Egan and McCormack  
'The People's Democracy 1968-73', by Paul Arthur  
Personal accounts of the Northern Ireland Conflict
Articles and extracts:
'Portadown: Bitter Harvest' by Susan McKay 
'Sharing our Grief' by Rita Restorick 
Extracts from 'Before the Bandits'by Shane White 
Photographs of Northern Ireland and the Conflict
Places
Photograph Collections
- People who have contributed a series of photographs to CAIN
Paul Crispin - Photographs of the British Army in Belfast during 1986
Neil Jarman - Parades, marches, bands and banners
Eamon Melaugh - The 350 photographs include: street scenes; the British Army; Republican paramilitaries; civil rights protests; parades; riot scenes; 'Bloody Sunday'; and children and the conflict.
Martin Melaugh
  - Photographs of physical memorials to the conflict
  - Photographs taken on behalf of CAIN (mainly those under 'places' above)
Barney McMonagle - Photographs of 'Free Derry'
Jonathan McCormick - Political wall murals
Frankie Quinn - Photographs of Belfast: Peacelines; Short Strand; Interface areas.
Bill Rolston - Political wall murals
William L. Rukeyser - Photographs of 'Bloody Sunday'
Subjects
'Pipe-Bomb'
Glossary
See chronology of 'pipe-bomb' attacks, July 1997 to 13 February 2001
Poetry of the Northern Ireland Conflict
See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature
Extracts from A Rage for Order: Poetry of the Northern Ireland Troubles ed. Frank Ormsby (1992, 1994)
Police, Policing - Key Issue -
Summary  Reading List   Background  Chronology  Statistics  Source Material  
Articles, Extracts and Reports:
The Crowned Harp: Policing in Northern Ireland by Ellison, Graham and Smyth, Jim. (2000)  
'The Public and the Police', by J.D. Brewer  
Human Rights on Duty: Principles for Better Policing, by CAJ  
Two-tiered Policing: a middle way for Northern Ireland?, by Democratic Dialogue  
'Powers of the Police', by Brice Dickson  
'Cross Border Police Co-operation in Ireland'. Dunn, S., Murray, D., and Walsh, D. (2002)
Foundations for Policing: Proposals for Policing Structures in Northern Ireland (Cmnd 3259)  
'Principles for Policing in Northern Ireland: A Discussion Paper'  
Report of the Advisory Committee on Police in Northern Ireland (Hunt Report)  
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Police Interrogation Procedures in Northern Ireland (Bennett Report)  
'Policing a Divided Society: Issues and Perceptions in Northern Ireland', by Hamilton, Moore and Trimble  
'Policing and the Northern Ireland Peace Process', by Roger MacGinty  
"It's part of life here ..." The Security Forces and Harassment in Northern Ireland', by R. McVeigh  
'Who should be in the police?' - by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary  
Mulcahy, Aogán. (2006) Policing Northern Ireland: Conflict, legitimacy and reform. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
Policing Plan for Northern Ireland, 1998/1999  
"Why?" - published by the Ulster Special Constabulary Association  
The Patten Report - Full Text  
Police Ombudsman
Policy Initiatives Taken During the Conflict - Key Issue
Summary  Reading List  Chronological List of the Main Policy Initiatives   Source Material 
Articles:
'Social Policy Responses to Urban Violence in Northern Ireland', by Derek Birrell  
Political Ephemera Material
Guide to political ephemera material on CAIN
The Political Ephemera Collection of Peter Moloney

Political Initiatives Taken During the Conflict

Political Murals
Loyalist Murals   Republican Murals   Contemporary Murals (1998)  
Articles and Extracts:
'Seeing is Believing? Murals in Derry', by Oona Woods  
'Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland', by Bill Rolston  
'Drawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace', by Bill Rolston  
'Painting Landscapes: the place of murals in the symbolic construction of urban space', by Neil Jarman  
See also Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature in Northern Ireland
Political Parties
- See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and Elections   Links to Party Websites   Manifestos of the political parties 
Political Solutions
Politics, Political Parties and Elections - Key Issue
Reading List  Westminster Governments, Prime Ministers and Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, 1968 -   Devolved Government   Political Initiatives   Political Solutions   Party Websites   Party Manifestos   1997 Westminster Election Pages   1997 Westminster Election Manifestos   1997 Westminster Election Candidates   1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Manifestos   1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Candidates   1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Results   Election Results 1968-1997: Summary   Election Results 1968-1997: Details   Guide to Information on the Internet   Source Documents  
Articles, Extracts and Reports:
Alcock, Antony. (1994). 'The Unloved, Unwanted Garrison - The Unionist Community in Northern Ireland'
Arthur, Paul. (2000). 'The Endogenous and the Exogenous'
Elliott, Sidney., and Flackes, W.D. (1999). 'Systems of Government'
Connolly, Michael. (1990). 'Political Groupings in Northern Ireland'
Cochrane, Feargal. (1997). 'The Unionists of Ulster: An Ideological Analysis'
Lynn, Brendan. (1997) '1964-1969: Eclipse'
McEvoy, Joanne. (2008). Towards Rrestored Devolution
Porter, Norman. (1996) 'Interpreting Unionism'
O Connor, Fionnuala. (1993) 'Shifting, complex and ambiguous' Political Allegiance
O'Doherty, Malachi. (1998) 'The Trouble with Guns'
Shirlow, Peter., and McGovern, Mark. (eds) (1997) 'Who are 'the People'? Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland'
Wilford, Rick., and Wilson, Robin. (2006) The Trouble with Northern Ireland: the Belfast agreement and democratic governance
Population
See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Population
Posters
Examples of political posters
Presidential Visit to Ireland (November 1995)
Speeches:
Key note speech, Belfast   Inauguration of the Thomas O'Neill chair, Derry   Guildhall Square, Derry   East Belfast Enterprise Park   Belfast City Hall   Hillary Clinton at Belfast City Hall  
Articles:
'Nailing the Balance', by Birney and O'Neill 
Prevention of Terrorism Act (1974)
Prisons / Prisoners
'The State they are Still In. Republican Ex-Prisoners and their families: An Independent Evaluation' by Dr Pete Shirlow (2001)
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System
PRONI Public Records on CAIN (available from 6 October 2010)
Updated on 7 April 2011 - Records for 1980
Updated on 28 June 2012 - Records for 1981
Proportional Representation (PR)
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System;
See also: Northern Ireland Office (1973) Questions & Answers on Proportional Representation
Protestant Action Force
Protestant Unionist Party
Provisional Irish Republican Army
See Irish Republican Army
Public Records
Belfast - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
      PRONI Records on CAIN - A selection of public records from the PRONI archives;
Dublin - The National Archives of Ireland(NAI)
      NAI Records on CAIN - Public records from The National Archives of Ireland;
London - Public Record Office (PRO) in Kew
      PRO - A selection of public records
Public Record Office (PRO) in Kew
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
Punishment Attacks
Table of paramilitary ('punishment') shootings and assaults, 1987-1996
'They Shoot Children Don't They?: An Analysis of the Age and Gender of Victims of Paramilitary "Punishments" in Northern Ireland' by Prof. Liam Kennedy (2001)

Q

'Q' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'Q'

Quilts - The Art of Survival International and Irish Quilts

R

'R' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'R'

Reading

A suggested reading list on the conflict and politics in the region
Waterstones Guide to Irish Books
"Real" Irish Republican Army (RIRA)
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength 

Recent Additions to the CAIN Website

Reconciliation

Red Hand Commandos (RHC)
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength  
Red Hand Defenders
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength  
Religion
See Background Information on Northern Ireland: Religion
'Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland,1600-1998' by John D. Brewer
Republican Clubs
Republican Sinn Féin
Research
Register of Research Projects on Northern Ireland  
Register of Research on Northern Ireland (1993 Edition)  
Research Data on Northern Ireland 
Resources - Available on the Internet
Royal Black Preceptory
See Key Issue: Parades and Marches - Parading Organisations
See Abstract of Organisations - 'R'
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
See Key Issue: Policing in Northern Ireland

S

'S' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'S'

Scarman Report
- Violence and Civil Disturbances in Northern Ireland in 1969 (Apr 1972)
Sectarianism
See definition in glossary of terms
See Key Issue: Sectarianism
'Section 31'
see media source material
Security - Key Event
See also: Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Security
Search Page for the CAIN Web Service

Segregation in Northern Ireland
See: Templegrove Action Research
See also: Deloitte. (2007). Research into the financial cost of the Northern Ireland divide, (April 2007), [PDF; 7641KB]. Belfast: Deloitte.
Shankill Butchers
Shankill Road Bombing, 23 October 1993
Sinn Féin
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website 
Éire Nua, The Sinn Féin Policy - The Social, Economic and Political Dimensions (1979)
The 'TUAS' Document. An internal Republican Movement document that is thought to date from the summer of 1994.
Social Attitudes Survey
See Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey (NISAS)
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website 
Social Science Bibliography of Northern Ireland 1945-1983
Social Security
See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Health and Social Security
Society
- See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society
Solutions
- See Political 'Solutions'
Special Powers Act, 1922
Sport
See Sport and Leisure in Northern Ireland
Statistics
- See Northern Ireland Guide to Statistics
Agricultural statistics   Crime and Justice statistics   Demography statistics   Education statistics   Employment and Labour Force statistics   Eurostat Publications   Finance statistics   General publications   General UK statistical publications   Health and personal social services statistics   Housing statistics   Industry statistics   Social security statistics   Social statistics   Tourism statistics   Transport statistics  
Strikes
- See Key Events: Hunger Strikes of 1981   Ulster Workers' Council Strike 1974   United Unionist Action Council Strike 1977 
- See also Abstract of Important Events: United Loyalist Council Strike 1973 
Sunningdale Agreement - Key Event
- See also Abstract of Important Events: The Sunningdale Agreement, 9 December 1973
Symbols
Menu   Joint_Symbols   Unionist_Loyalist   Nationalist_Republican   Flags   Loyalist_Murals   Republican_Murals   Murals_Menu  
Articles:
Essay on Symbols, by Dara Mulhern  
'Painting Landscapes: the place of murals in the symbolic construction of urban space', by Neil Jarman  
Survivors
Victims, Survivors and Commemoration
Sutton Database of Deaths

T

'T' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'T'

Teebane Bombing, 17 January 1992
Television Programmes
The Peter Heathwood Collection of Television Programmes
The Film and Sound Resource Unit's (FSRU) searchable database of television programmes relating to the conflict and politics, 1968 to 1996. The information contained in the database was supplied by the Film and Sound Resource Unit of the Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities, University of Ulster. The database contains details on 695 programmes, or news items, or current affairs items, about 'the Troubles'.
The Belfast Bulletin's list of British television programmes about the conflict, 1968 to 1978
Templegrove Action Research Limited - Publications
Terms, Glossary of

Thesaurus

Tourism
See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Tourism
Troops, Deployment of, 14 August 1969 - Key Event
Reading List   Summary   Background   Source Material  
Articles and Extracts:
'The British Army, Aug. 1969 - Apr. 1970', by Niall Ó Dochartaigh  
'NO GO - A Photographic Record of Free Derry', by Barney McMonagle 
Truce, Irish Republican Army (IRA) Truce (9 February 1975 to 23 January 1976) - Key Event

U

'U' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'U'

Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength  
Ulster Democratic Party (UDP)
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website 
Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength  
Ulster Special Constabulary (USC)
See also "Why?" - published by the Ulster Special Constabulary Association 
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
See also: Paramilitary Organisations   Paramilitary Feuds   Estimates of Strength  
Ulster Workers' Council Strike, 1974 - Key Event
Reading List   Summary   Background Events   Chronology of Events   Main Events  Source Material  
Articles:
'Fourteen May Days: The inside story of the Loyalist strike of 1974', by Don Anderson 
Unemployment
See Employment
Unification (of Ireland)
See Key Issue: Unification / Reunification
Unionism
- See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and Elections
Articles:
'Interpreting Unionism', by Norman Porter  
'Political Groupings in Northern Ireland', by Michael Connolly  
'The Unionists of Ulster: An Ideological Analysis', by Feargal Cochrane  
'The Unloved, Unwanted Garrison - The Unionist Community in Northern Ireland', by Antony Alcock   'Why Unionists say NO', by Peter Smith 
United Ireland (UI)
See Key Issue: Unification / Reunification
United Kingdom Unionist Party (UKUP)
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website 
United Loyalist Council Strike, 1973
- See Abstract of Important Events: United Loyalist Council Strike, 1973
United Unionist Action Council (UUAC) Strike, 1977 - Key Event
Reading List   Summary   Background Events   Chronology of Events   Assessment   Legacy   Source Material  
Moloney, Ed., and Pollak, Andy. (1986) 'To the Brink and Back Again', in, Paisley.

V

'V' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'V'

Violence in Northern Ireland - Key Issue
Reading List   Summary  List of Significant Violent Incidents   Chronology of Major Violent Incidents, 1969 - 1994   List of Those Killed During the 'Troubles'   List of some of the groups providing support to victims of 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland   Official Statistics and Other Data   Source Material  
Articles and Reports:
Extracts from THE POLITICS OF FORCE: Conflict Management and State Violence in Northern Ireland by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (2000)  
'Violence in Northern Ireland, 1969 - June 1989', by O'Duffy and O'Leary  
'Intimidation and the Control of Conflict in Northern Ireland', by John Darby  
'The Nature of Pro-State Terrorism', by Steve Bruce  
'State Violence: Northern Ireland 1969-1997', by Raymond Murray  
'Deadly Intelligence: State involvement in Loyalist murder in Northern Ireland', by British Irish Rights Watch  
'An Appalling Vista' - Collusion: British Military Intelligence and Brian Nelson', by Sinn Féin  
'Mapping Troubles-Related Deaths in Northern Ireland 1969-1994', by Fay, Morrissey and Smith  
'We Will Remember Them': Report of the Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner  
'Sowing Dragon's Teeth: Public Support for Political Violence and Paramilitarism in Northern Ireland', by Bernadette Hayes and Ian McAllister  
The strength of Paramilitary Organisations in Northern Ireland  
'Shoot to Kill' by Bill Rolston  
New Ulster Movement. (1972) Violence and Northern Ireland, (June 1972). Belfast: New Ulster Movement.
See also Cost of the Troubles Study
Victims of the conflict
Victims, Survivors and Commemoration

W

'W' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'W'

Wall Murals
Loyalist Murals   Republican Murals   Contemporary Murals (1998)  
Articles and Extracts:
'Seeing is Believing? Murals in Derry', by Oona Woods  
'Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland', by Bill Rolston  
'Drawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace', by Bill Rolston  
'Painting Landscapes: the place of murals in the symbolic construction of urban space', by Neil Jarman  
See also Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature in Northern Ireland
Weapons
See Membership and Arsenals of Paramilitary Groups
Weapons Inspectors
See Reports of the Weapons Inspectors
Widgery Report
- Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the events on Sunday, 30th January 1972 (Apr 1972)
Women and the Conflict - Key Issue
Summary   Reading List   Background Information  Official Statistics  Source Material  
Articles and Reports:
Everyday Resistance from 'strong about it all...' Rural and urban women's experiences of the security forces in Northern Ireland, edited by Helen Harris and Eileen Healy (2001)  
'The Talks' (NIWC) by Kate Fearon  
'Power, Politics, Positionings: Women in Northern Ireland', by Democratic Dialogue  
'Peacemakers? Peacekeepers? - Women in Northern Ireland 1969-1995', by V. Morgan  
'Women in the Northern Ireland Labour Market: A Guide to Data Sources and Resources', by G. Robinson and F. Porter  
'The Company We Keep: Women, Community and Organisations', by V. Morgan and G. Fraser
'Between Feminism and Nationalism: Pat Murphy and Film History', by Megan Sullivan 
Workers Party
See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website

X


Y

'Y' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'Y'

Young People
See Key Issue: Children and Young People in Northern Ireland

Z



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