A street in Blackburn has been turned into a fictional sectarian battleground in Belfast during the height of the Northern Ireland troubles. Smoke, armoured cars, a burnt-out bus and rubble filled the ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (JTA) — Since last week, Northern Ireland’s capital has been plagued by familiar scenes: rioting, the gray shells of burned-out cars, injured police officers. For many in ...

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A new booklet examining the impact of the British army’s Parachute Regiment in Belfast is set to be launched today. ‘The impact of the Parachute Regiment in Belfast 1970-1973’ draws on existing ...

On the 3rd of July 1970, a Friday, the British Army seals off the lower Falls area of west Belfast. A ‘curfew’ is announced, although without a legal basis. Troops go in, searching from house to house ...

We would like to hear from people who left Northern Ireland’s capital city during the 1960s and 1970s Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film Belfast, is about a young boy growing up in the city ...

Belfast 1970. Just before rubber bullets and Bloody Sunday, when The Troubles as we know them today were starting up. Two young fellas, Mojo and Mickybo, with no sense yet of any sectarian divide, ...