The Troubles in Northern Ireland

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  • Flight of the Earls

  • Beginning of the Ulster Plantation

  • Battle of the Boyne

    James II (Catholic) and William of Orange (Protestant) to decide the religion of England and Scotland

  • Orange Order founded

    Male Protestant organisation commemorating the battle of the boyne

  • Act of Union

    United Ireland and Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

  • Easter Rising

  • Period: to

    Irish War of independence

  • Government of Ireland act of 1920

    Partitioned Ireland into north and south

  • Anglo-Irish Treaty

    Renamed the southern 26 counties the Irish Free State

  • Special Powers Act passed

    Gave special powers to all official British law enforcement bodies in Northern Ireland.
    - Ability to arrest without warrant.
    - Internment without trial.
    - Unlimited powers of search.
    - Authority to ban meetings and publications. Not disbanded until 1973

  • RUC established

  • Northern Ireland given HR

    Northern Ireland given home rule. Based in Stormont

  • Republic of Ireland established

  • Home Rule abolished

  • Special Powers Act dissolveed