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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The Troubles
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A term used of various periods of unrest in *Ireland (including even the uprising of 1641) but applied in particular to the *Anglo-Irish War of 1919–21; this had been preceded by the *Easter Rising of 1916 and the formation of the *IRA in January 1919. The name has been revived for the new period of terrorism in *Northern Ireland which began in the late 1960s.
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