The British sent troops to Derry and Belfast in August 1969. Viewed as a tool of the Protestant majority, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) resurfaced and began to attack both British and Protestant...

The British sent troops to Derry and Belfast in August 1969. Viewed as a tool of the Protestant majority, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) resurfaced and began to attack both British and Protestant interests. In response, London withdrew the North’s parliamentary independence, although a 1985 agreement allowed Dublin to become involved as a consultant.