Anglo - Irish War

Above: Map of Ireland

The uneasy calm in Northern Ireland began to break by the middle of the 1960’s. Liberal Unionists were far from happy with Protestants remaining in power. Roman Catholics, inspired by the civil rights agitation of the Afro-Americans once more began to find their voice. In 1968 Londonderry and Belfast saw outbreaks of sporadic violence between the two sects.

Above: Anti-Treaty IRA troops walking in Dublin