Ireland isn’t Normal August 29, 2023 Admin Irish History <h2what makes ireland different> Peace in Northern Ireland is still young, and today, it may be in danger. We explain what makes Ireland different, why peace is hard, and how democracy helps.<br /> —<br /> Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spectaclesmedia</p> <p>Check our sources and attributions: https://www.spectacles.news/mini-doc-…</p> <p>Special thanks to @romulushoog and @ThePresentPast_ for their help on the thumbnail and title for this video.<br /> —<br /> From 1969 to 1998, Northern Ireland was engulfed in a civil conflict known as The Troubles. The country—only a small section of the island of Ireland—was divided between two factions fighting over the Irish border: Protestant British Unionists and Catholic Irish Nationalists, represented by various militias and the Provisional IRA, respectively. Car bombs and military checkpoints were commonplace, while “peace lines” segregated neighborhoods by religion. In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement brought the conflict to an end, legitimated by democratic referendums in the independent Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, but today that agreement is in trouble. A political row over Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol has erupted, pitting unionists and nationalists against each other once more over questions of the Irish border.<br /> —<br /> CHAPTERS</p> <p>00:00 INTRO<br /> 01:24 ONE STRANGE COLONY<br /> 03:54 DIFFERENCE AND DIVISION<br /> 05:49 A TASTE OF UNITY<br /> 08:04 WEAPONIZING PEACE<br /> 09:53 THE CHALLENGE<br /> <br /> Credit to : Spectacles</h2what> Please support our Sponsors here --
