Outline of the Troubles

Main articles

General

• Murals in Northern Ireland
• Operation Banner
• Provisional IRA campaign 1969–1997
• Segregation in Northern Ireland
• Parades in Northern Ireland
• The Northern Ireland Troubles in popular culture
• The Troubles in Derry

  Timelines

• Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles
• Timeline of the Troubles in the Republic of Ireland
• Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain
• List of bombings during the Northern Ireland Troubles

  of republican actions

• Timeline of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions
• Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions
• Timeline of Continuity Irish Republican Army actions
• Timeline of Real Irish Republican Army actions
• Timeline of Óglaigh na hÉireann actions
• Timeline of Irish People's Liberation Organisation actions
• Timeline of Official Irish Republican Army actions

  of loyalist actions

• Timeline of Ulster Volunteer Force actions
• Timeline of Ulster Defence Association actions
• Timeline of Loyalist Volunteer Force actions
• Timeline of Red Hand Commando actions
• Timeline of Orange Volunteer Force actions

  of British military actions

• Timeline of Ulster Defence Regiment operations

  Paramilitaries

Republicans

• Irish Republican Socialist Movement
• Provisional Republican Movement

  Loyalists

• Ulster Army Council
• Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee
• Combined Loyalist Military Command

  Cover names used by paramilitaries

• Protestant Action Force - Used by the UVF to claim sectarian attacks.
• South Armagh Republican Action Force - Used by the PIRA's South Armagh Brigade to claim sectarian attacks in the mid 1970s
• Catholic Reaction Force - Used by the INLA to claim sectarian attacks.
• Armagh People's Republican Army & People's Liberation Army - was used by the INLA to claim some of their earliest attacks, mostly in 1975.
• Ulster Freedom Fighters - Used by the UDA to claim violent attacks.
• Red Hand Brigade - Was used as a cover by the Glenanne gang members who carried out the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in May 1974.

  Periods of activity

• The period of activity for republican groups is shown in green.
• The period of activity for loyalist groups is shown in orange.
• The period of ceasefire is shown in grey.

  State security forces

United Kingdom

• British Army
• *Territorial Army
• *Force Research Unit
• Royal Air Force
• Royal Navy
• Metropolitan Police
• MI5
• GCHQ
• Secret Intelligence Service

  Northern Ireland

• Royal Ulster Constabulary
• *RUC Special Branch
• Ulster Special Constabulary – to 30 April 1970
• Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Ulster Defence Regiment – from 1 January 1970 to 30 June 1992
• Royal Irish Regiment – from 1 July 1992

  Republic of Ireland

• Irish Army
• An Garda Síochána

  Political parties

Irish nationalist

Pro-Agreement

• Sinn Féin. President: Gerry Adams. Militant nationalist. Associated with the Provisional IRA. Translation from Irish: "We Ourselves".
• The Social Democratic and Labour Party. Leader: Colum Eastwood. Moderate centre-left nationalist.
• The Workers' Party. President: Mick Finnegan. Marxist nationalist. Formerly Official Sinn Féin.

  Anti-Agreement

• The Irish Republican Socialist Party. Militant socialist nationalist. Political wing of INLA. Have been on ceasefire since 1998.
• Republican Sinn Féin. President: Des Dalton. Militant nationalist. Associated with the Continuity IRA.
• The 32 County Sovereignty Movement. President: Francis Mackey. Militant nationalist. Associated with the Real IRA.
• The Republican Network for Unity. Militant nationalist. Accused by Police Service of Northern Ireland of being the political wing of Óglaigh na hÉireann, however this is rejected by both groups.

  Others

• Fianna Fáil
• Fine Gael
• Green Party
• Renua Ireland

  Unionist

Pro-Agreement

• The Democratic Unionist Party. Leader: Peter Robinson. Radical populist unionist. Originally anti-Agreement.
• The Ulster Unionist Party. Leader: Tom Elliott. Moderate conservative unionist.
• The Progressive Unionist Party. Leader: Billy Hutchinson. Moderate centre-left unionist. Political wing of Ulster Volunteer Force.
• The Conservative Party also organises and contests elections in Northern Ireland. Moderate unionist.

  Anti-Agreement

• Traditional Unionist Voice. Leader: Jim Allister. Old school loyalist.

  Other

• The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Leader: David Ford. Liberal cross-community. Pro-Agreement
• The Green Party. Environmentalist. Pro-Agreement.
• Ulster Third Way. Supports Northern Ireland independence.

  Political structures

Northern Ireland government

• Governor
• Prime Minister
• Cabinet

• First Minister and deputy First Minister
• Executive

  Northern Ireland legislatures

• House of Commons
• Senate

• The Northern Ireland Assembly
• The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
• The Northern Ireland Assembly
• The Northern Ireland Forum

• The Northern Ireland Assembly

  Republic of Ireland government

• Taoiseach
• Department of Defence
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Dáil Éireann
• Seanad Éireann

  United Kingdom government

• Prime Minister
• The Ministry of Defence
• The Northern Ireland Office
• The House of Commons
• The House of Lords
• The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
• The Northern Ireland Grand Committee

  Peace process

Co-operative bodies

• British-Irish Council
• British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body
• North/South Ministerial Council

  Key steps in the peace process

• Sunningdale Agreement
• Anglo-Irish Agreement
• Downing Street Declaration and principle of consent
• Establishment of the IICD
• Belfast Agreement
• Amendment of Articles 2 and 3
• Establishment of the Independent Monitoring Commission
• IRA ceasefire and decommissioning
• St Andrews Agreement

  Cultural and religious organisations

Religious

• Roman Catholic Church in Ireland
• Church of Ireland
• Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• Methodist Church in Ireland
• Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster

  Sporting

• The Gaelic Athletic Association

  Politico-religious fraternal organisations

Unionist/Protestant

• The Apprentice Boys of Derry
• The Orange Institution
• The Independent Orange Order
• The Royal Black Institution

  Nationalist/Catholic

• The Ancient Order of Hibernians