THE WORST FIRE RECORD EVER, 69 BLACK TEENAGE BOYS WERE PADLOCKED INSIDE A DORMITORY.

THE WORST FIRE RECORD EVER, 69 BLACK TEENAGE BOYS WERE PADLOCKED INSIDE A DORMITORY.

The Troubles was a conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted between 1968 and 1998. It was a domestic war that saw tensions between Protestants and Catholics reach a critical point which resulted in 3,500 deaths.

The Troubles saw two ethnic groups, Catholics (who saw themselves are Irish) and Protestants (who saw themselves are British) fight over traditional values which were influenced by earlier historical events. 

Northern Ireland is part of Britain, and Catholics experienced a lot of discrimination by the British Goverment. Many Catholics in Northern Ireland felt isolated as they believed the land they lived on belonged to the Republic of Ireland.

In 1968, after several riots and civilian battles, radical hardline groups emerged to fight for the traditional values they believed in. The Irish Republican Army (Catholic) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (Protestant) both emerged as the dominant groups representing the values they stood for (It is important to note that there were many factions of IRA, however the Provisional IRA were the largest and most powerful of them all). The British army saw action in Northern Ireland in order to keep peace, but often abused Catholics and sided with Protestants.

These paramilitary groups would cause a huge amount of death and suffering, in particular to Civilians who had nothing to do with the conflict. Both of these groups are registered as domestic terrorist groups in Ireland. Both used guerilla tactics such as remote bombs, ambush attacks and urban warfare.

The picture below shows how people in Northern Ireland are so used to the conflict and tension that they go about their daily lives doing normal things, while the British soldiers were on edge.