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The Rev Martin Smyth who has died aged 94, was one of the most influential figures in Protestant Ulster for three decades, as ...
A New Anatomy of Ireland: The Irish Protestants, 1649 1770 Toby Barnard (Author) 528 pages $46.18 ...
It claimed responsibility for the deadliest act of the entire Northern Ireland conflict: the detonation of four no-warning car bombs in the Republic of Ireland on May 17, 1974, that killed 33 people.
On that date, the Northern Ireland Assembly would elect a 12-member administration with Mr. Paisley at its head and Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness in the no. 2 post. Messrs. Paisley and ...
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Ireland isn't normal.

From 1969 to 1998, Northern Ireland was engulfed in a civil conflict known as The Troubles. The country—only a small section ...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, and LONDON — It was a warm June night in 1991 when a phone call came that would change Martha Seaman's life forever. It was her son's fiancée, and she was crying. "That was ...
The latest violence erupted amid anger from Protestant unionists concerned they're being isolated from the U.K. and pushed into a union with the republic of Ireland due to post-Brexit trade rules.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, and LONDON — It was a warm June night in 1991 when a phone call came that would change Martha Seaman's life forever. It was her son's fiancée, and she was crying.