GROWING UP WITH THE TROUBLES
CIVIL STRIFE A young boy speaks calmly with a British soldier in Belfast, taking shelter behind a burnt-out car. In many cases, children found themselves in harm’s way.
BRUNO BARBEY/MAGNUM PHOTOS X1, REX/SHUTTERSTOCK X1, TOPFOTO X3
AT A GLANCE
Northern Ireland had been a hotbed of pressure ever since it was separated from the Irish Free State in 1922. Seeking to stay that way, the largely Protestant Unionists (or Loyalists) swore allegiance to the United Kingdom. On the other side were the Republicans, who wished to reunite with Catholic Ireland. The split between the two groups divided the province of Ulster down the middle, and society became deeply segregated.
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