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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
The Troubles

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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