Title: Words and Phrases and Events
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Subject: A though provoking list of words about Northern Ireland Troubles.
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Hello I don’t know if this is the sort of thing you are looking for but I just starting thinking about lots of different events in the past along with all the words and terms that were, or are, associated with Northern Ireland during the troubles. Some of these terms I recall as being regularly featured in the news. I thought I would just list them in no particular order it is amazing how much we remember and how much we forget. I hope by reading this you too may remember some things. Perhaps others to your site might like to add to this list to see how long it can grow without duplication.
Civil Rights, Marches, Protests, Riots, Rubber Bullets, Baton Rounds, Baton Charges, Explosive Charges, Detonators, Petrol Bombs, Coffee Jar Bomb, UBVT, Culvert Bomb, Landmine, Land Rover, Snatch, Saracen, Flying Pig, Police, Soldier, RUC, PSNI IRA, Stickies, UDR, UDA, UVF, LVF, UFF, RHC, PIRA, Provo’s, CIRA, DUP, PUP, SDLP, INLA, Sinn Fein, Alliance, Unionist, Loyalist, Republican, Catholic, Protestant, Victim, Murder, Killing, Shooting, Abduction, Disappeared, Grief, Torture, Romper Room, Hooded, Punishment Beating, Paramilitary, Semtex, Homemade Explosive, Booby-Trap, Bullets, Guns, Arms, Weapons, Bombs, Decommissioning, Incendiary Device, La Mon House, Loughgall, Shankill Bomb, Enniskillen, Bloody Sunday, Bloody Friday, Three Scottish Soldiers, Warren Point, McGurk’s Bar, Droppin' Well Pub, Four Step Inn, Claudy, Lisburn, Belfast, Derry, Londonderry, Stroke City, Bogside, Waterside, Other Side, Tout, Informer, Grass, Super Grass, Agent, Collusion, Cover-up, Inquiry, Commission, Northern Bank Millions, Omagh, The Boyne, “The Sash”, “Derry Walls”, “Armoured Cars and Tank and Guns”, “The Boys Behind the Wire”, Hunger Strikers, Dirty Protest, The Maze, The Crum, Long Kesh, Magilligan, Internment, Prison Officer, Civilian Searchers, Road Blocks, Check Points, Security Gates, Control Zone, Peace Process, Good Friday Agreement, Stormont, Sunningdale, Community Relations, Politicians, Political Party. Bonfires, 11th Night, The Twelfth, Drumcree, Garvaghy Road, Ormeau Road, Orange Order, Concerned Residents, “Decent People”,
The above is by no means complete and is only a personal memory thrown together in a few minutes. Still I can’t but wonder what different would be recorded from other parts of the UK or even Eire from my generation.
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