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The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war". The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe. The conflict was primarily political and nationalistic, fuelled by historical events. It also had an ethnic or sectarian dimension but despite use of the terms Protestant and Catholic to refer to the two sides, it was not a religious conflict. A key issue was the status of Northern Ireland. Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists and republicans, who were mostly Irish Catholics, wanted Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and join a united Ireland. The conflict began during a campaign by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association to end discrimination against the Catholic-nationalist minority by the Protestant-unionist government and local authorities. The government attempted to suppress the protests. The police, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), were overwhelmingly Protestant and known for sectarianism and police brutality. The campaign was also violently opposed by Ulster loyalists, who believed it was a front for republican political activity. Increasing tensions led to the August 1969 riots and the deployment of British troops, in what became the British Army's longest operation. "Peace walls" were built in some areas to keep the two communities apart. Some Catholics initially welcomed the British Army as a more neutral force than the RUC, but soon came to see it as hostile and biased, particularly after Bloody Sunday in 1972. The main participants in the Troubles were republican paramilitaries such as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA); loyalist paramilitaries such as the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Association (UDA); British state security forces such as the British Army and RUC; and political activists. The security forces of the Republic of Ireland played a smaller role. Republicans carried out a guerrilla campaign against British forces as well as a bombing campaign against infrastructural, commercial, and political targets. Loyalists attacked republicans/nationalists and the wider Catholic community in what they described as retaliation. At times, there were bouts of sectarian tit-for-tat violence, as well as feuds within and between paramilitary groups. The British security forces undertook policing and counterinsurgency, primarily against republicans. There were incidents of collusion between British state forces and loyalist paramilitaries (see Stevens Inquiries). The Troubles also involved numerous riots, mass protests, and acts of civil disobedience, and led to increased segregation and the creation of temporary no-go areas. More than 3,500 people were killed in the conflict, of whom 52% were civilians, 32% were members of the British security forces, and 16% were members of paramilitary groups. Republican paramilitaries were responsible for some 60% of the deaths, loyalists 30%, and security forces 10%. The Northern Ireland peace process led to paramilitary ceasefires and talks between the main political parties, which resulted in the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. This Agreement restored self-government to Northern Ireland on the basis of "power-sharing" and it included acceptance of the principle of consent, commitment to civil and political rights, parity of esteem, police reform, paramilitary disarmament and early release of paramilitary prisoners. There has been sporadic violence since the Agreement, including punishment attacks, loyalist gangs' control of major organised crime rackets (e.g., drugs supply, community coercion and violence, intimidation), and violent crime linked to dissident republican groups. Name The word "troubles" has been used as a synonym for violent conflict for centuries. It was used to describe the 17th-century Wars of the Three Kingdoms by all three national parliaments. For example, after the Restoration in 1660, the English Act of free and general pardon, indemnity and oblivion starts with "The King's most excellent Majesty, taking into his gracious and serious consideration the long and great troubles ..."; as does the similar act in Scotland: "The king's most excellent majesty, considering that by the late troubles diverse of his subjects ..." (Scottish Parliament 1662); and by the Irish Parliament in the Act of Explanation (1665) "our royal father of blessed memory had been forced, during the late troubles, to make with the Irish subjects of that our kingdom" (Irish Parliament 1665, § 2). The term was used to describe the Irish revolutionary period in the early twentieth century. It was subsequently adopted to refer to the escalating violence in Northern Ireland after 1969. Background 1609–1791 In 1609, Scottish and English settlers, known as planters, were given land escheated from the native Irish in the Plantation of Ulster. Coupled with Protestant immigration to "unplanted" areas of Ulster, particularly Antrim and Down, this resulted in conflict between the native Catholics and the "planters", leading in turn to two bloody religious conflicts known as the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653) and the Williamite war (1689–1691), both of which resulted in Protestant victories. Anglican dominance in Ireland was ensured by the passage of the Penal Laws that curtailed the religious, legal, and political rights of anyone (including both Catholics and Protestant Dissenters, such as Presbyterians) who did not conform to the state church, the Anglican Church of Ireland. As the Penal Laws started to be phased out in the latter part of the 18th century, there was more competition for land, as restrictions were lifted on the Irish Catholic ability to rent. With Irish Catholics allowed to buy land and enter trades from which they had formerly been banned, tensions arose resulting in the Protestant "Peep o'Day Boys" and Catholic "Defenders". This created polarisation between the communities and a dramatic reduction in reformers among Protestants, many of whom had been growing more receptive to democratic reform. 1791–1912 Following the foundation of the republican Society of the United Irishmen by Presbyterians, Catholics, and liberal Anglicans, and the resulting failed Irish Rebellion of 1798, sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants continued. The Orange Order (founded 1795), with its stated goal of upholding the Protestant faith and loyalty to the hei.... Discover the Claudy Conn popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Claudy Conn books.
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Hungry Moon-Destiny
Claudy ConnA hybrid and a wolf shifter join forces across time, across milesagainst a threat of unthinkable proportions.Luke tells Kelsey she isn’t his type, but who is he trying toconvincehe...
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Courting Kit
Claudy ConnThe Lady had a lot to learn and he was just the gentleman to teach her!Kitty was a highspirited country girl with no pretensions. She would conceal her long fair hair beneath a pea...
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Hungry Moon-Quicksilver
Claudy ConnRavena MacAllister doesn’t want to admit what she is. She wants to continue pretending she’s just human … only human, like her mother, like her friends.But she isn’t human.Heartbre...
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Miss Lacey
Claudy ConnSpirited Lacey Burton was an heiress. Trouble there. Her stepmother wanted her married and not just to anyone, but to the man that was her stepmother’s lover!Lacey refused and rush...
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Runaway Heart
Claudy ConnSpirited Chelsea decided she’d sooner run away to a family friend than return to her vain and selfish guardian, Aunt Augusta. Expecting to settle for a quiet life in the country, s...
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Myriah Fire
Claudy ConnIt started with a stolen kiss …Fiery Myriah Whitney is wild of nature, contrary, and independent. But when her father catches her kissing the handsome Sir Roland (how else is she t...
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Hungry Moon-Jodi
Claudy ConnWe met Jodi in Hungry MoonDestiny and now she is all grown up and her powers are all emerging. There are reasons that she will need every ounce of magic she owns.An old threat, one...
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Aaibhe Shee Queen
Claudy ConnI put together Aaibhe's story in response to mail I had received from my readers wanting to know more about the Queen in my Legend series. My editor kept me balanced and reminded m...
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Nether Blue
Claudy ConnMagic has always been a part of Calico’s life, but now because of it, she is on the run. The threat of a Dark Warlock won't let her rest. Blocking her her path is an even more peri...
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Prince, Prelude-Legend
Claudy ConnSeductive, powerful Lamia DuLaine is used to getting what she wantsand she wants Julian Talbot. From the moment she sees him in the hedonistic atmosphere of 1814 Brussels, she know...
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Through Time-Frankie
Claudy ConnShe looked at him now with the eyes of a woman and realized what she was thinking. Gosh he was hot, so damn hot. She knew she had something of a crush on him. She had known for som...
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Regency Heat
Claudy ConnLady Nicki was headed for her first London Season, and she had what it would take to be a smashing success.She enchanted, she charmed and she slayed the London Beaus, but, from the...
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Through Time-Pursuit
Claudy ConnChancemont LeBlanc is an immortal on a mission of vengeance. Nothing will stop him, not even the time barrier.Seelie Fae Princess Royce has been sent by Queen Aaibhe to join him on...
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Oh Cherry Ripe
Claudy ConnCherry Elton was beside herself! Her own mother had arranged a marriage for her to a man she had never even met. She had no choice but to run away.Sky Westbrooke had no wish to mar...
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Mandy
Claudy ConnMandy’s brother, Ned is in trouble. He has been accused of murdering the woman who had been clearly trying to seduce him.Their guardian, the Duke of Margate is summoned to help.Man...
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Trapped-Legend
Claudy ConnMagical powers, a castle, and a charming prince sound like the ingredients for a fairytale life, but for BJ Mulroy, reality turns out to be a whole lot more complicated.BJ is a Fio...
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Prince in the Mist
Claudy ConnHis name is Breslyn, Prince of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé. He is a royal Fae, immortal and endowed with more than eye candy looks. He is a being with immeasurable powers but life for h...
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After The Storm
Claudy ConnNo matter what her family and friends say, Jenny knows she will never fall in love again. How can she, when her childhood sweetheart was one of the countless killed at Waterloo?So ...
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Spellbound-Legend
Claudy ConnOne was from another world and the other from another time…In a failed attempt to turn him into an ageless lover, the evil, notquiteavampire Lamia DuLaine poisoned hunky Druid high...
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Craving-Torment
Claudy ConnBook 2 picks up with Bobbie Skye facing the ancient vampire, Allora. Devin and Bobbie have a new enemy in the mix, Allora’s lover Ramon, and the Dark Warlock, Beyland.Alliances wil...
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Through Time-Slamming
Claudy ConnJazz and Trevor’s love story continues in Slamming, through adversity and growing confusion.Pestale and his brother Hordly are on the offensive and have a few surprises for the See...
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Harley-Awakening
Claudy ConnHarley has everything a vampirewitch hybrid could want: wonderfulparents, a hunky sortof boyfriend, and a clan of loving friends. Whenthat life is taken away from her, Harley doesn...
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Shadowlife-Hybrid
Claudy ConnChase MacAdams is a hybrid with extraordinary abilities…Roxie is an Indian beautya shapeshifter on her mother’s side, and hales from a little known tribe in the Adirondack Mountain...
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Madcap Miss
Claudy ConnMiss Felicia Easton, holed up happily at Easton Manor, was quite content with her unchaperoned state, thank you very much. The last thing she needed was to be summarily fetched to ...
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Dark Love
Claudy ConnOne goal consumes Chazma Donnelly: find the dark sorcerer who murdered her parents.When the trail leads her to Ireland, she takes a job cataloging a private library. But she doesn’...
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Awakening-Wendy
Claudy ConnWhat would you do if you awoke and found you were wolfen?Wendy runs. She doesn't want to hurt her loved ones and she needs to get control of the violence inside of her.She was bitt...
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Netherby Halls
Claudy ConnSassy Winthrop has just turned twentyone. But instead of being a time of fun, parties, and courting, it has been a time of loss, grief, and transitions. With the death of her belov...
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Gallager-Dark Magic
Claudy ConnGallager was filled with latent Dark Magic and knew she mustn't use it. Tragedy struck and changed everything.Killian, a young royal Fae saw her potential but lust and love in...
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Serena
Claudy ConnWitty and refreshingly candid, lovely Serena has been capturing hearts young and old alike. Her guardian uncle worries, though, that at twentythree she will soon become a spinster....
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Nether Blue
Claudy ConnMagic has always been a part of Calico's life, but now because of it, she is on the run. The threat of a Dark Warlock won't let her rest. Blocking her path is an even more perilous...
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Lady Bess
Claudy ConnBess Saunders has fallen in love. He is big, he is charmingly masculine, and his Scottish accent sends her reeling with very unmaidenlike desires.Having inherited his mother’s Engl...
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Disorderly Lady
Claudy ConnArabella Cullingham’s latest flirtation leaves her bluedeviled when the handsome colonel leaves without saying goodbye.Her brother determines that a London Season is what his prett...
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Shadowlove-Stalkers
Claudy ConnWhat do you do when your father wants to turn you into a vampire and the man who offers you protection has his own, dark agenda?Shawna Rawley has no choice but to run. Pentim Rawle...