The Land of The Golden Sunset Podcast

‘’The Troubles’’, Peace People, Hunger Strikes and the Good Friday Agreement 1998

This episode covers the period in Northern Ireland between the 1970's and 1998 which includes ‘’The Troubles’’, the Peace People, Prisoners on hunger strike, their elections and deaths the eventual IRA ceasefire, the rise of Sinn Fein and the DUP and the Good Friday Agreement 1998

The Dublin Arms Trial 1970 and the Sunningdale Agreement 1973

In 1970 several high ranking politicians in the Republic of Ireland were implicated in an Arms importation plot to help out Nationalists in Derry and Belfast

The Provisional IRA, Internment without trial, Direct Rule and Secretary of State William Whitelaw 1972

The Provisional IRA arrive on the scene in Northern Ireland to protect the Civil rights marchers and ''the Troubles'' begin. Internment without trial is not accepted lightly and causes huge problems. Stormont is prorogued with the appointment of William Whitelaw as Secretary of State.

Northern Ireland 1969, John Hume turns to politics, the Ballymurphy and Bloody Sunday massacres.

The Civil Rights marches become intense in Northern Ireland John Hume and others turn to Politics and the Marchers are attacked by Paratroopers in Ballymurphy and the Bogside

The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Campaign 1968 the Unionist and British Government response

The Civil Rights campaign began in Northern Ireland in 1968 and a very difficult uphill struggle ensued with Nationalists/Catholics seeking a fairness from the dominant Unionist/Protestant ruling classes and the British government.