The Troubles (Northern Ireland) - Late 1960s

Late 1960s

See also: Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process

There is little agreement on the exact date of the start of the Troubles. Different writers have suggested different dates. These include the formation of the UVF in 1966, the civil rights march in Derry on 5 October 1968, the beginning of the 'Battle of the Bogside' on 12 August 1969 or the deployment of British troops on 14 August 1969.

Read more about this topic:  The Troubles (Northern Ireland)

Famous quotes containing the word late:

    “It is a mischievous notion that we are come late into nature; that the world was finished a long time ago. As the world was plastic and fluid in the hands of God, so it is ever to so much of his attributes as we bring to it. To ignorance and sin, it is flint. They adapt to themselves to it as they may; but in proportion as a man has anything in him divine, the firmament flows before him and takes his signet and form.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)