Since 1966 the words Northern Ireland have conjured images of violence and bitter sectarian division. During that period the six counties that make up Northern have witnessed a depressing display of death and injury as Catholics and Protestants fought each other. Between 1966 and 1998 a total of 3,636 people were killed and ten times as many were injured as the conflict spread beyond Northern Ireland's borders onto the British mainland (Anderson 23). Most of the victims were innocent civilians. …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…Ireland where there is more violence but less fossil fuels. Or maybe it's because Britain is our ally and we wouldn't want to tell them that they are handling their situation poorly. Works Cited Anderson, Malcolm. "The Irish border: history, politics, culture." Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1993. McCann, Eamonn. "War and Peace in Ireland." Dublin: Hot Press Books, 1998. Mulholland, Marc. "The Longest War." New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Patterson, Henry. "Northern Ireland 1921-1996." London: Serif Press, 1996