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The so-called "Troubles" in Northern Ireland began in 1968, and continued thereafter for nearly 30 years. The background to them is the partition of Ireland in 1921 and the resultant Protestant state. This caused divisions between Protestants and a disgruntled Catholic minority, who resented the numerous forms of discrimination which followed.
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This body organized regular marches. It was often the victim of violence, but never advocated violence itself
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This segregation meant that people on one side of the divide rarely met people from the other
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Discrimination was a fact of life in post-war Northern Ireland. Catholics expected unequal treatment in education, housing, jobs, voting rights and other areas
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This was a vital employer for the Province's economy, but it was in the grip of East Belfast's Unionist community
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This was a major Catholic grievance. They saw this force as sectarian and violent
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Protestants were frequently harangued by this man, determined never to "surrender" to Rome
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PD were keen on long marches, like those undertaken by the Civil Rights movement in the USA, like, for example, the one in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery
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A graduate of Queen's University Belfast, she was a shrill and articulate defender of the minority Catholic community, who soon made her mark in the Commons
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In Northern Ireland the independent sector was smaller and less influential than on the mainland. Supporters of the state system there asserted that it produced better academic results than elsewhere
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Disorder in the Province was getting badly out of hand in 1969, and the locally-controlled government felt that strong measures were needed
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